Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 481 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 34 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 41.34 | no data |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | Gen. 3 (2005) |
| GPU code name | Vega | GMA 950 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2020 (4 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 cores | 512 | 4 |
| Boost clock speed | 2100 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 7 Watt |
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.
| Shared memory | - | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2020 | 1 March 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 7 Watt |
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, on the other hand, has 114.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950. We've got no test results to judge.
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