GeForce GTX 950 Low Power vs GTX 950M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking556not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.45no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM107GM206
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)1 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159

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 cores640768
Core clock speed914 MHz1026 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1190 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate44.9657.12
Floating-point processing power1.439 TFLOPS1.828 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4048

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data202 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeDDR3 or GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 or 2500 MHz1653 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 or 80 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
Ansel+no data

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
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA+5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 1 March 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

GTX 950M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 950 Low Power, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months.

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

Be aware that GeForce GTX 950M is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 950 Low Power is a desktop one.


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