GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GM206-250-A1 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
768 Shader 1920
32 Render Output Units 64
48 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

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

1.114 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.304 GHz Boost Clock 1.721 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.68 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 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 GALAX GeForce GTX 950 OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G 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
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

194 mm Length 169 mm
124 mm Height 131 mm
41 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX 8G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no GV-N1070IX-8GD
Q3/2015 Release date Q2/2016
149 $ Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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