In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is 184 % faster than the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950.
The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and has 768 texture shaders and 6 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 480, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Memory Size
2 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.653 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
6.6 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
106 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Base Clock
1.165 GHz
1.120 GHz
Boost Clock
1.355 GHz
1.290 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 clocks in the base with up to 1.165 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is 1.120 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
TDP
90 W
150 W
Tjunction max
95 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 75 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
2
1
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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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Length
220 mm
232 mm
Height
125 mm
116 mm
Width
39 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is 220 mm long, 125 mm high and 39 mm wide.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is 232 mm long, 116 mm high and 40 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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