Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X300

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)Gen. 3 (2005)
GPU code nameM22GMA 950
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 November 2005 (19 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 cores64
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed350 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors107 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data7 Watt
Texture fill rate1.400no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no 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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0bno data
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2005 1 March 2005
Chip lithography 110 nm 130 nm

ATI Mobility X300 has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon X300 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950. We've got no test results to judge.


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ATI Mobility Radeon X300
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