Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs GeForce GT 610

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1142not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.95no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Gen. 3 (2005)
GPU code nameGF119GMA 950
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 April 2012 (12 years ago)1 March 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores484
Core clock speed810 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data250 MHz
Number of transistors292 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt7 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature102 °Cno data
Texture fill rate6.480no data
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no 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).

Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length145 mmno data
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1024 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1.8 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGAno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2012 1 March 2005
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 7 Watt

GT 610 has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, on the other hand, has 314.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 610 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 610 is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
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