GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs GTX 950M Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated236
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.70
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM107GP106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)26 December 2017 (6 years ago)

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 cores6401280
Core clock speed993 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate44.96136.7
Floating-point processing power1.439 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs1640
TMUs4080

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB5 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s160.2 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.06.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 26 December 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 5 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 950M Mac Edition has 60% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 5 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition and GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition
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