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
PG506-232
CORE STATE
GA100
VRAM
24 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1440 MHz
TDP
165 W
BUS WIDTH
3072 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
7 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 950
PG506-232
Core Specs
Shading Units
768
3,584
+366.7%
Shaders
768
3,584
+366.7%
TMUs
48
224
+366.7%
ROPs
32
96
+200.0%
SM Count
—
56
Clocks
Base Clock
1024 MHz
930 MHz
Boost Clock
1188 MHz
1440 MHz
Memory Clock
1653 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective
1215 MHz
2.4 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
24 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
24,576
+1100.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM2
Memory Bus
128 bit
3072 bit
Bandwidth
105.8 GB/s
933.1 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
192 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
24 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
38.02 GPixel/s
138.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
57.02 GTexel/s
322.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
1.825 TFLOPS
10.32 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
57.02 GFLOPS (1:32)
5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
Tensor Cores
—
224
Power
TDP
90 W
165 W
TDP (W)
90
165
+83.3%
Suggested PSU
250 W
450 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
8-pin EPS
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Ampere
GPU Name
GM206
GA100
Generation
GeForce 900
Server Ampere
(Axx)
Process Size
28 nm
7 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
54,200 million
Die Size
228 mm²
826 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
65.6M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
—
OpenGL
4.6
—
Vulkan
1.4
—
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
8.0
Shader Model
6.8
—
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
202 mm
8 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
—
112 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
159 USD
—
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 700
Tesla Turing
Successor
GeForce 10
Server Ada