GMA 950 vs UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking369not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency64.22no data
Architectureno dataGeneration 3.5 (2005)
GPU code nameRocket Lake GT1Lakeport
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 March 2021 (3 years ago)1 May 2005 (19 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.

Core clock speedno data166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rateno data0.66
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data4

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data9.0c
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2021 1 May 2005
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 7 Watt

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

GMA 950, on the other hand, has 114.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) and GMA 950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is a notebook card while GMA 950 is a desktop one.


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Intel UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
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