The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 6 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Memory Size
2 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
112 GB/s
106 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.653GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.024 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.188 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is 1.188 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
TDP
120 W
90 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
95 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 98 °C.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Fan-Type
Radial
--
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
--
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA 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
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
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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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA 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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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
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Length
241 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
Additional data
Additional data
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q1/2015
Q3/2015
Launch Price
199 $
149 $
Structure size
28 nm
28 nm
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 was released in Q1/2015.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 published in Q3/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.
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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