Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 950 LP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	206
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	23.41
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GM206	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 March 2016 (8 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	no data

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	768	2304
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	945 MHz
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz	1380 MHz
Number of transistors	2,940 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	57.02	198.7
Floating-point processing power	no data	6.359 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	48	144
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	36

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	202 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	105.8 GB/s	448.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
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.

DirectX	12.0	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	5.2	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2016	27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt

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