RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB vs GeForce GTX 950M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking562not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.13no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM107GA104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores6404096
Core clock speed914 MHz495 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1170 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate44.96149.8
Floating-point processing power1.439 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40128
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 4.0 x16
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 GDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 or 2500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 or 80 GB/s336.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 70 Watt

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has an age advantage of 6 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 7.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950M and RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 950M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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