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.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI

Intel GMA 950

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