Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R7 265
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 950
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 20 Aug 2015
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AMD
Radeon R7 265
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 950123%
- Radeon R7 265100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 950119%
- Radeon R7 265100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 950
- 19% higher gaming performance.
- 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 265 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 265
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 16 |
| Core clock | 1024 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 950 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Aug 2015 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 95032.80 GP/s
- Radeon R7 26529.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 95049.20 GT/s
- Radeon R7 26559.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 950105.80 GB/s
- Radeon R7 265179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 9501572.90 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 2651894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 9508490
- Radeon R7 2656900
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 95041
- Radeon R7 26529
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 95031
- Radeon R7 26532
FPS (higher is better)