PNY GeForce GTX 950
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 950 and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 950 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and has 768 texture shaders and 6 execution units.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 950 GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GM206-250-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
768 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 48
48 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 950 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.653 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
106 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce GTX 950 clocks in the base with up to 1.024 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 1.552 GHz.

1.024 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.188 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce GTX 950 is 90 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

90 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce GTX 950 has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PNY GeForce GTX 950.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
2 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The PNY GeForce GTX 950 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce GTX 950 is 214 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 200 mm long, 123 mm high and 38 mm wide.

214 mm Length 200 mm
111 mm Height 123 mm
-- Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 950 was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 149 $.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

GF950GTX2GEPB Part-no --
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2022
149 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 8 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
73 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
8 GB GDDR6
101 fps (avg)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

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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