Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs GeForce GTX 960

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking338not rated
Place by popularity59not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.85no data
Power efficiency9.09no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code nameGM206GMA HD
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 January 2015 (9 years ago)10 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores102412
Core clock speed1127 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,940 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate75.39no data
Floating-point processing power2.413 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no 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 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)400 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth112 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2no data
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)10
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 960 30751
+10236%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics 298

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 January 2015 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 960 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, on the other hand, has 242.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960 is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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