NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 videocard review

GeForce GTX 950 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 20 August 2015. At the time of release, the videocard cost $159. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Maxwell 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GM206.

Core clock speed - 1024 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1188 MHz. Texture fill rate - 49.2 billion / sec. Pipelines - 768. Floating-point performance - 1,825 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,940 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 90 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 6.6 GB/s. Memory bandwidth - 105.6 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

5336

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

643

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345150

16712

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

60.473 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

758.865 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

4.279 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

29.738 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

231.508 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

6803 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3697 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3356 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

6803.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3697.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3356.000 Fps

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36466

1862

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	5336
PassMark - G2D Mark	643
Geekbench - OpenCL	16712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	60.473 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	758.865 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	4.279 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	29.738 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	231.508 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	6803 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3697 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3356 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	6803.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3697.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3356.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1862

Games performance

1. Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)
2. Overwatch (2016)
3. Doom (2016)
4. Hitman 2016 (2016)
5. The Division (2016)
6. Far Cry Primal (2016)
7. XCOM 2 (2016)
8. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
9. Rainbow Six Siege (2015)
10. Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
11. Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
12. Fallout 4 (2015)
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)
14. Anno 2205 (2015)
15. The Witcher 3 (2015)

16. Dirt Rally (2015)
17. GTA V (2015)
18. Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
19. Far Cry 4 (2014)
20. Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)
21. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
22. Alien: Isolation (2014)
23. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
24. Sims 4 (2014)
25. Thief (2014)
26. Battlefield 4 (2013)
27. Metro: Last Light (2013)
28. BioShock Infinite (2013)
29. Tomb Raider (2013)
30. Crysis 3 (2013)

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)

Low, 1280x720	151.00
Medium, 1366x768	93.10
High, 1920x1080	42.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	34.30
4K, 3840x2160	4.80

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x720	287.00
Medium, 1366x768	207.00
High, 1920x1080	95.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	55.20
4K, 3840x2160	28.80

Doom (2016)

Low, 1280x720	110.00
Medium, 1366x768	89.90
High, 1920x1080	49.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	38.80
4K, 3840x2160	14.20

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	79.10
Medium, 1366x768	76.00
High, 1920x1080	29.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	25.60

The Division (2016)

Low, 1280x720	102.00
Medium, 1366x768	74.10
High, 1920x1080	35.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.30
4K, 3840x2160	12.90

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Low, 1280x720	110.00
Medium, 1920x1080	51.00
High, 1920x1080	46.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	32.00
4K, 3840x2160	12.00

XCOM 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	113.00
Medium, 1920x1080	47.30
High, 1920x1080	29.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.80
4K, 3840x2160	6.50

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x768	105.00
Medium, 1366x768	66.30
High, 1920x1080	38.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	30.60
4K, 3840x2160	13.00

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768	212.10
Medium, 1366x768	137.60
High, 1920x1080	74.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	46.60
4K, 3840x2160	18.80

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x768	89.30
Medium, 1366x768	70.30
High, 1920x1080	41.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	4.70
4K, 3840x2160	11.30

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768	197.80
Medium, 1366x768	127.40
High, 1920x1080	60.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	52.00
4K, 3840x2160	17.70

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x720	142.80
Medium, 1366x768	87.40
High, 1920x1080	46.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	37.80
4K, 3840x2160	14.90

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	122.60
Medium, 1366x768	99.90
High, 1920x1080	50.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	38.20
4K, 3840x2160	14.80

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	144.60
Medium, 1366x768	88.60
High, 1920x1080	40.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.30
4K, 3840x2160	14.40

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	120.40
Medium, 1366x768	71.90
High, 1920x1080	38.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	20.50
4K, 3840x2160	12.70

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768	411.50
Medium, 1366x768	156.70
High, 1920x1080	108.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	50.30
4K, 3840x2160	37.30

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768	150.20
Medium, 1366x768	142.00
High, 1920x1080	64.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	9.90
4K, 3840x2160	28.30

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x768	154.40
Medium, 1366x768	127.50
High, 1920x1080	47.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	31.00

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	101.30
Medium, 1366x768	96.10
High, 1920x1080	52.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	39.40

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x768	99.80
Medium, 1366x768	68.30
High, 1920x1080	41.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.00

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x768	183.00
Medium, 1366x768	125.60
High, 1920x1080	61.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	33.70

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x768	264.40
Medium, 1366x768	182.30
High, 1920x1080	92.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	66.00

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720	174.30
Medium, 1344x756	110.00
High, 1920x1080	60.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	40.30

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	198.30
Medium, 1366x768	131.80
High, 1920x1080	95.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	85.40

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	101.90
Medium, 1366x768	89.20
High, 1366x768	78.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	40.40

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	199.70
Medium, 1366x768	176.70
High, 1366x768	123.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	48.00
4K, 3840x2160	23.40

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	131.00
Medium, 1366x768	127.40
High, 1366x768	87.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	45.70

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	269.70
Medium, 1366x768	184.30
High, 1366x768	164.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	63.20

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	454.50
Medium, 1366x768	255.40
High, 1366x768	163.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	74.90

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	138.60
Medium, 1366x768	112.30
High, 1366x768	78.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	29.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM206
Launch date	20 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	540
Price now	$194.44
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million

Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.6 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 videocard review

Benchmarks

Games performance

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)

Overwatch (2016)

Doom (2016)

Hitman 2016 (2016)

The Division (2016)

Far Cry Primal (2016)

XCOM 2 (2016)

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Fallout 4 (2015)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Anno 2205 (2015)

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Dirt Rally (2015)

GTA V (2015)

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Sims 4 (2014)

Thief (2014)

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Metro: Last Light (2013)

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Tomb Raider (2013)

Crysis 3 (2013)

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Technical info

Video outputs and ports

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

API support

Memory

Technologies

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