ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Ellesmere) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini has the GM206-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G is based on the graphics chip Polaris 10 PRO, which comes from the Ellesmere architecture.
ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Based on AMD Radeon RX 470
GM206-250-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 10 PRO
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ellesmere
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
768 Shader 2048
32 Render Output Units 32
48 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini clocks at 1.653 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G is 6.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.650 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.653 GHz Memory Clock 1.650 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
106 GB/s Memory bandwidth 211 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.051 GHz Base Clock 0.926 GHz
1.228 GHz Boost Clock 1.230 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 90 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

90 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini is equipped with a total of 1 Hybrid Radial/Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Hybrid Radial/Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

172 mm Length 232 mm
112 mm Height 116 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Mini has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2015.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

GTX950-M-2GD5 Part-no GV-RX470G1 GAMING-4GD
Q3/2015 Release date Q3/2016
149 $ Launch Price 179 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 14 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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