Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs GeForce 6150

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1475not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Gen. 3 (2005)
GPU code nameC51GMA 950
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 October 2004 (20 years ago)1 March 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.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data4
Core clock speed475 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology90 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data7 Watt
Texture fill rate0.48no data
ROPs1no data
TMUs1no data

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).

InterfacePCIno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memoryno 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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2004 1 March 2005
Chip lithography 90 nm 130 nm

GeForce 6150 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6150 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6150 is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6150
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
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