GeForce GTX 960 Vs 950 [in 9 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	342	372
Place by popularity	53	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.11	8.78
Power efficiency	9.10	10.65
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GM206	GM206
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	22 January 2015 (9 years ago)	20 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 960 has 4% better value for money than GTX 950.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	768
Core clock speed	1127 MHz	1024 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	1188 MHz
Number of transistors	2,940 million	2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	90 Watt
Texture fill rate	75.39	57.02
Floating-point processing power	2.413 TFLOPS	1.825 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	64	48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	202 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	6.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	105.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support	4 displays	4 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	+	+
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	+
GPU Boost	2.0	2.0
GameWorks	+	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	+	+