NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.18 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.41 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 has 768 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.19 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.83 TFLOPS.

GPU

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.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip GM206-250-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 6
1024 Shader 768
32 Render Output Units 32
64 Texture Units 48
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

2 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.653 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 106 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.127 GHz Base Clock 1.024 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 1.188 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

120 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Radial Fan-Type --
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

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.

241 mm Length --
-- Height --
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

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.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2015
199 $ Launch Price 149 $
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- Documents --

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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

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 GTX 960 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2 GB GDDR5
17964
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
2 GB GDDR5
16141

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2 GB GDDR5
20498
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
2 GB GDDR5
16386

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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