Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs NVS 300

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Gen. 3 (2005)
GPU code name	GT218	GMA 950
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	8 January 2011 (13 years ago)	1 March 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data
Current price	$101 (0.9x MSRP)	no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	4
Core clock speed	520 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	250 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	7 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.160	no data
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on NVS 300 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DMS-59

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API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	no data
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	1.2	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 January 2011	1 March 2005
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	7 Watt

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