GeForce GTX 950A vs Radeon HD 6930

Place in the ranking	533	559
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.00	no data
Power efficiency	2.79	6.30
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	Cayman	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	1 December 2011 (12 years ago)	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$180	no data

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 cores	1280	640
Core clock speed	750 MHz	993 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1124 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	186 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	60.00	44.96
Floating-point processing power	1.92 TFLOPS	1.439 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	80	40

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	220 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	32.03 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	5.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.27	6.62
Recency	1 December 2011	13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	186 Watt	75 Watt

HD 6930 has a 9.8% higher aggregate performance score.

GTX 950A, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 148% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon HD 6930 and GeForce GTX 950A.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6930 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 950A is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.