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GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950

GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.33 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100

The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.33 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.72 TFLOPS.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.23 GHz · 90 W Speed index 2/100

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 has 768 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.23 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.89 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB is 44 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950.

GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
Speed index
2/100
2/100
FP32
2.72 TFLOPS
1.89 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.33 GHz
1.23 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
2 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
106 GB/s
TDP
120 W
90 W
Launch Price
229 $
149 $

GPU

GPUGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU ChipGM206-300-A1GM206-250-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors86
Shader1024768
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units6448
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 6 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
Memory Size4 GB2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.753 GHz1.653 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s106 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit128 bit
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.653GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
Base Clock1.266 GHz1.051 GHz
Boost Clock1.329 GHz1.228 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.19 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB has a turbo clock of 1.329 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 is 1.228 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
TDP120 W90 W
Tjunction max98 °C95 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin--
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 is equipped with a -- PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 100 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort1x DP 1.21x DP 1.2
DVI22
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
Max. resolution4096x21604096x2160
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
Length271 mm181 mm
Height124 mm119 mm
Width41 mm27 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GBGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ1/2015Q2/2015
Launch Price229 $149 $
Structure size28 nm28 nm
Part-no--GV-N950D5-2GD
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB was released in Q1/2015.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 published in Q2/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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 GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB +21.6 %

  1. 20,275
  2. 16,670

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB +36.7 %

  1. 23,135
  2. 16,923

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