GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper
vs
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper has 768 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.33 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.05 TFLOPS.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm has 2816 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.14 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.42 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 6 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper GPU ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GM206-250-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
768 Shader 2816
32 Render Output Units 96
48 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.653 GHz clocks.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.653 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
106 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper has a turbo clock of 1.329 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is 1.140 GHz.

1.140 GHz Base Clock 1.025 GHz
1.329 GHz Boost Clock 1.140 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

90 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is cooled by a Hybrid cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Hybrid cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

244 mm Length 315 mm
124 mm Height 141 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce GTX 950 Black OC Sniper was released in Q3/2015.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm published in Q2/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

-- Part-no ZT-90502-10P
Q3/2015 Release date Q2/2015
179 $ Launch Price 849 $
28 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

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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