GMA 500 vs GeForce 7950 GT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1125 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.05 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.95 | no data |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | PowerVR SGX535 (2008−2010) |
| GPU code name | G71 | Poulsbo |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 6 August 2006 (18 years ago) | 2 March 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $114.95 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | no data | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 13.20 | 0.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.0128 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 1 |
| TMUs | 24 | 4 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 44.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | ES 2.0 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 August 2006 | 2 March 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 130 nm |
7950 GT has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
GMA 500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7950 GT and GMA 500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 7950 GT is a desktop card while GMA 500 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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