NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3x more boost clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 400 MHz
192x more pipelines: 768 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm

Launch date	20 August 2015 vs 1 November 2011
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
PassMark - G3D Mark	5340
PassMark - G2D Mark	641
Geekbench - OpenCL	16728
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	105

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	GM206	Cedar Trail
Launch date	20 August 2015	1 November 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	547	not rated
Price now	$194.44
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz	400 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	768	4
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.6 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround