NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM videocard review

GeForce GTX 950 OEM videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 January 2016. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Maxwell 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GM206.

Core clock speed - 924 MHz. Boost clock speed - 950 MHz. Texture fill rate - 60.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1024. Floating-point performance - 1,946 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,940 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5012 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 80.19 GB / s.

Benchmarks

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

56.869 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

917.535 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

98.472 Frames/s

3.351 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

37.323 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

3080.809 mHash/s

86.304 mHash/s

Name	Value
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	56.869 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	917.535 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	3.351 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	37.323 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	86.304 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM206
Launch date	1 January 2016
Place in performance rating	1154
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5