In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 and the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 is 91 % faster than the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, which has 768 shaders and 6 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
Memory Size
4 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.775 GHz
1.653 GHz
Memory Speed
7.1 Gbps
6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
227 GB/s
106 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 227 GB/s.
The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 106 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
Base Clock
1.076 GHz
1.165 GHz
Boost Clock
1.203 GHz
1.355 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.18 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 clocks in the base with up to 1.076 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is 1.165 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
TDP
145 W
90 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
95 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 has a TDP of 90 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
2 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 has a total of 3 Axial fans.
The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
1x DP 1.2
DVI
1
2
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2.
The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2
ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950
Length
279 mm
220 mm
Height
121 mm
125 mm
Width
42 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME V2 is 279 mm long, 121 mm high and 42 mm wide.
The ASUS Echelon GeForce GTX 950 is 220 mm long, 125 mm high and 39 mm wide.
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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