GeForce GTX 950 Low Power vs Quadro GV100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking51not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.61no data
Power efficiency14.23no data
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGV100GM206
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date27 March 2018 (6 years ago)1 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$8,999 $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 cores5120768
Core clock speed1132 MHz1026 MHz
Boost clock speed1627 MHz1190 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate520.657.12
Floating-point processing power16.66 TFLOPS1.828 TFLOPS
ROPs12832
TMUs32048
Tensor Cores640no data

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
Length267 mm202 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount32 GB2 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed848 MHz1653 MHz
Memory bandwidth868.4 GB/s105.8 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

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
CUDA7.05.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 March 2018 1 March 2016
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt

Quadro GV100 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 950 Low Power, on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro GV100 and GeForce GTX 950 Low Power. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro GV100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 950 Low Power is a desktop one.


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