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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 950

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 950

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 20 Aug 2015 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 950

Core configuration

GPUGM206
ArchitectureNvidia_Maxwell_2_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs768 : 48 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance1572.90 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width128 bit
Memory Speed1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth105.80 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 950 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 20 Aug 2015. The graphics card houses the GM206 die, based on the Nvidia_Maxwell_2_0 architecture which packs 2,940 million transistors on a 28 nm, 228 mm² die.

GeForce GTX 950 pros and cons

  • Supports PhysX
  • Supports G-Sync
  • Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
GeForce GTX 950 GeForce GTX 950 Radeon R9 370 Radeon R9 370 Compare
Shader units 768 1280
ROPs 32 32
Graphics processor GM206 Trinidad
Process size 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 105.80 Gb/s 179.20 Gb/s
Release date 20 Aug 2015 5 May 2015

Benchmarks

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon R9 370 30
  • GeForce GTX 950 28

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon R9 370 20
  • GeForce GTX 950 19

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 950 5
  • Radeon R9 370 5

FPS (higher is better)

Ashes Of The Singularity

  • GeForce GTX 950 14

FPS (higher is better)