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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition vs EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition 24 GB GDDR6X · 1.70 GHz · 350 W Speed index 29/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has 10496 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.70 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 35.58 TFLOPS.

EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.19 GHz · 90 W Speed index 2/100

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

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is 1,844 % faster than the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
Speed index
29/100
2/100
FP32
35.58 TFLOPS
1.83 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.70 GHz
1.19 GHz
Memory Size
24 GB GDDR6X
2 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
936 GB/s
106 GB/s
TDP
350 W
90 W
Launch Price
1,499 $
149 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU ChipGA102-300-A1GM206-250-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors826
Shader10496768
Render Output Units11232
Texture Units32848
Raytracing Cores82--
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 82 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 6 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
Memory Size24 GB2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6XGDDR5
Memory Clock1.219 GHz1.653 GHz
Memory Speed19.5 Gbps6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth936 GB/s106 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit128 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is equipped with a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.219 GHz clocks.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.653GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
Base Clock1.395 GHz1.025 GHz
Boost Clock1.695 GHz1.190 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has a turbo clock of 1.695 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming is 1.190 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
TDP350 W90 W
Tjunction max93 °C95 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin--
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming is equipped with a -- PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 110 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)37 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a1x DP 1.2
DVI--1
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeNo
AV1DecodeNo
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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

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
Length313 mm173 mm
Height138 mm111 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders EditionEVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2020Q2/2016
Launch Price1,499 $149 $
Structure size8 nm28 nm
Part-no900-1G136-2510-00002G-P4-0952-KR
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition was released in Q3/2020.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 950 Gaming published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition +1,255.5 %

  1. 10,193
  2. 752

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 13,417
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 5,416
  2. no data

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 78 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 113 fps (avg)
  2. no data

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 42 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 80 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 130 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 112 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 188 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 RTX 3090 Founders Edition +1,085.6 %

  1. 191,364
  2. 16,141

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition +924.9 %

  1. 167,948
  2. 16,386

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