Intel GMA 950 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 950 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Intel GMA 950

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 950

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	1 May 2005 vs 6 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Around 51% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 166 MHz

Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel GMA 950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Name	Intel GMA 950	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark		8
PassMark - G2D Mark		154

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA 950	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 3.5	Rankine
Code name	Lakeport	NV34 A2
Launch date	1 May 2005	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1119
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.99
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	166 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt
Texture fill rate		1 GTexel / s
Transistor count		45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR