The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 6 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
Memory Size
2 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.653 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
6.6 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
106 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.653 GHz clocks.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
Base Clock
1.051 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
1.228 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 has a turbo clock of 1.228 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is 1.178 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
TDP
90 W
120 W
Tjunction max
95 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 6-Pin
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 has -- connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 75 mm
2 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
Length
210 mm
215 mm
Height
111 mm
121 mm
Width
40 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
Additional data
Additional data
ASUS GeForce GTX 950
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q1/2016
Q1/2015
Launch Price
149 $
229 $
Structure size
28 nm
28 nm
Part-no
GTX950-2G
STRIX-GTX960-DC2-2GD5
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, ASUS GeForce GTX 950 was released in Q1/2016.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 published in Q1/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.
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 ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 +30.4 %
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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