The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING has the GM206-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Memory
Memory
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory Size
2 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5X
Memory Clock
1.653 GHz
1.251 GHz
Memory Speed
6.6 Gbps
10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
106 GB/s
320 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING clocks at 1.653 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.6 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Base Clock
1.152 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
1.342 GHz
1.733 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
TDP
90 W
180 W
Tjunction max
95 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 90 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 90 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Length
173 mm
267 mm
Height
111 mm
111 mm
Width
38 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
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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