GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
CORE STATE
GM206
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1188 MHz
TDP
90 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce GTX 960
CORE STATE
GM206
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1178 MHz
TDP
120 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 950
GTX 960
Core Specs
Shading Units
768
1,024
+33.3%
Shaders
768
1,024
+33.3%
TMUs
48
64
+33.3%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
1024 MHz
1127 MHz
Boost Clock
1188 MHz
1178 MHz
Memory Clock
1653 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
2 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
2,048
0.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
105.8 GB/s
112.2 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
1024 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
38.02 GPixel/s
37.70 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
57.02 GTexel/s
75.39 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
1.825 TFLOPS
2.413 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
57.02 GFLOPS (1:32)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
Power
TDP
90 W
120 W
TDP (W)
90
120
+33.3%
Suggested PSU
250 W
300 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GM206
GM206
Generation
GeForce 900
GeForce 900
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
2,940 million
Die Size
228 mm²
228 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
12.9M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
5.2
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
202 mm
8 inches
241 mm
9.5 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
159 USD
199 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 700
GeForce 700
Successor
GeForce 10
GeForce 10