Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 956 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.96 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016) | Gen. 3 (2005) |
| GPU code name | Carrizo | GMA 950 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 June 2015 (10 years ago) | 1 March 2005 (20 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | 4 |
| Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2410 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12-35 Watt | 7 Watt |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | 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 bus width | 64/128 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 June 2015 | 1 March 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 7 Watt |
R7 (Carrizo) has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, on the other hand, has 71.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950. We've got no test results to judge.
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