PNY GeForce GTX 950
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 950 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 950 GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GM206-250-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
768 Shader 1152
32 Render Output Units 48
48 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.653 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
106 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce GTX 950 clocks in the base with up to 1.024 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1.506 GHz.

1.024 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.188 GHz Boost Clock 1.708 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

90 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

214 mm Length 250 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

GF950GTX2GEPB Part-no --
Q3/2015 Release date Q3/2016
149 $ Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 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

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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 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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