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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs AMD Radeon RX 470

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.19 GHz · 90 W Speed index 2/100
AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.21 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100
In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and the AMD Radeon RX 470, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 170 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
Speed index
2/100
4/100
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
4.94 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.19 GHz
1.21 GHz
Memory Size
2 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
106 GB/s
211 GB/s
TDP
90 W
120 W
Launch Price
149 $
179 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
GPU ChipGM206-250-A1Polaris 10 PRO
Streaming Multiprocessors632
Shader7682048
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units48128
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and has 768 texture shaders and 6 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on AMD Radeon RX 470, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
Memory Size2 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.653 GHz1.650 GHz
Memory Speed6.6 Gbps6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth106 GB/s211 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit256 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
Base Clock1.024 GHz0.926 GHz
Boost Clock1.188 GHz1.206 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 clocks in the base with up to 1.024 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 0.926 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
TDP90 W120 W
Tjunction max95 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is 90 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
Fan-Type--Radial
Fan 1--1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 has a total of 0 -- fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeNo
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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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

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
Length--240 mm
Height--95 mm
Width--35 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 950AMD Radeon RX 470
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2016
Launch Price149 $179 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Documents--data sheet
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 149 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 179 $.

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 AMD Radeon RX 470 +124.2 %

  1. 16,141
  2. 36,194

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 470 +139.2 %

  1. 16,386
  2. 39,194

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 36,011

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