ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 and the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and has 768 texture shaders and 6 execution units.

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GM206-250-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
768 Shader 2048
32 Render Output Units 64
48 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.653 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
106 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 clocks in the base with up to 1.165 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 is 1.291 GHz.

1.165 GHz Base Clock 1.291 GHz
1.355 GHz Boost Clock 1.393 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is 90 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

90 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
1x DP v1.2 DP Ports 1x DP v1.2
2 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 is 4096x2160 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is 220 mm long, 125 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 is 279 mm long, 151 mm high and -- wide.

220 mm Length 279 mm
125 mm Height 151 mm
39 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 was released in Q1/2016 at a price of 179 $.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0 was introduced in Q4/2014 at a price of 649 $.

ECHELON-GTX950-O2G Part-no 04G-P4-2988-KR
Q1/2016 Release date Q4/2014
179 $ Launch Price 649 $
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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