The Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual 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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 is 105 % faster than the Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual is based on the graphics chip GM206-250-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual
Memory Size
4 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.653 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
106 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual is 6.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.653 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual
Base Clock
1.051 GHz
1.064 GHz
Boost Clock
1.177 GHz
1.241 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual
TDP
145 W
90 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
95 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.
The Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 90 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
1x DP 1.2
DVI
2
2
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970.
The Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual
Length
241 mm
215 mm
Height
111 mm
112 mm
Width
38 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Palit GeForce GTX 950 StormX Dual needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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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