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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.25 GHz · 90 W Speed index 2/100

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 has 768 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.93 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GDDR6 · 1.78 GHz · 170 W Speed index 11/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.78 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 559 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Speed index
2/100
11/100
FP32
1.93 TFLOPS
12.72 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.25 GHz
1.78 GHz
Memory Size
2 GB GDDR5
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
106 GB/s
360 GB/s
TDP
90 W
170 W
Launch Price
149 $
329 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU ChipGM206-250-A1GA106-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors628
Shader7683584
Render Output Units3248
Texture Units48112
Raytracing Cores--28
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 6 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size2 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.653 GHz1.875 GHz
Memory Speed6.6 Gbps15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth106 GB/s360 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit192 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.653 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock1.076 GHz1.320 GHz
Boost Clock1.253 GHz1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.23 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 has a turbo clock of 1.253 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.777 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TDP90 W170 W
Tjunction max95 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 11 x 90 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI2--
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Length197 mm--
Height126 mm--
Width35 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 is 35 mm wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 35 mm and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2015Q1/2021
Launch Price149 $329 $
Structure size28 nm8 nm
Part-noGV-N950CN-2GD--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Ultra Duable 2 was released in Q2/2015.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +420.8 %

  1. 773
  2. 4,026

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 5,068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,177

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 55 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 58 fps (avg)

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)

  1. no data
  2. 51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 130 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +423.4 %

  1. 17,023
  2. 89,106

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 +417.9 %

  1. 17,281
  2. 89,506

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