EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC 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.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is based on the graphics chip GM206-250-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GM206-250-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 6
1920 Shader 768
64 Render Output Units 32
120 Texture Units 48
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is 6.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.653 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.653 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 106 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.114 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 90 W.

150 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 194 mm
129 mm Height 124 mm
-- Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

08G-P4-6276-KR Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2015
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 149 $
16 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING
8 GB GDDR5
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING
8 GB GDDR5
69 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING
8 GB GDDR5
98 fps (avg)

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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