GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 25 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 40.85 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 13.67 |
| Architecture | Gen. 3 (2005) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | GMA 950 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 March 2005 (19 years ago) | 11 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $799 |
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 | 4 | 8960 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1260 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 250 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 478.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 30.64 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 96 |
| TMUs | no data | 280 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 280 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 70 |
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 | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 285 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 12-pin |
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 | no data | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1188 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 912.4 GB/s |
| 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 | no data | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2005 | 11 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 350 Watt |
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 has 4900% lower power consumption.
RTX 3080 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a desktop 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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