GeForce GTX 950 Low Power vs GTX 1060 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking206not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.18no data
Power efficiency15.20no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP106GM206
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 July 2016 (8 years ago)1 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1280768
Core clock speed1506 MHz1026 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1190 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate136.757.12
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS1.828 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8048

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mm202 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1653 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s105.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.15.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 July 2016 1 March 2016
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB has an age advantage of 4 months, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 950 Low Power, on the other hand, has 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GTX 950 Low Power. We've got no test results to judge.


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