NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI vs Intel GMA 950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI and Intel GMA 950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 166 MHz
Launch date 31 May 2005 vs 1 May 2005
Core clock speed 250 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 950

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 140 nm
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 10 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 140 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt vs 10 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI Intel GMA 950

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Generation 3.5
Code name NV34 B1 Lakeport
Launch date 31 May 2005 1 May 2005
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz 166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 140 nm 90 nm
Texture fill rate 1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 7 Watt
Transistor count 45 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0a 9.0c
OpenGL 1.5 (2.1) 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 1.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 32 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz
Memory type DDR

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