NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 1024 MHz
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1417 MHz vs 1188 MHz
  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 68.02 GTexel / s vs 49.2 billion / sec
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 2,177 gflops vs 1,825 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 90 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 1168x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
  • Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19887 vs 16715
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1159.046 vs 758.865
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.507 vs 4.279
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 82.067 vs 29.738
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 293.638 vs 231.508
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8059 vs 6803
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8059 vs 6803
  • Around 19% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2219 vs 1863
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2018 vs 20 August 2015
Core clock speed 1152 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Boost clock speed 1417 MHz vs 1188 MHz
Texture fill rate 68.02 GTexel / s vs 49.2 billion / sec
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops vs 1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 90 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 19887 vs 16715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 vs 758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 vs 4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.067 vs 29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 vs 231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059 vs 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059 vs 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2219 vs 1863

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 642 vs 347
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 60.473 vs 54.188
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 3579
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 3579
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5343 vs 5324
PassMark - G2D Mark 642 vs 347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 60.473 vs 54.188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3697 vs 3579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3697 vs 3579

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5324
5343
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
347
642
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19887
16715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.188
60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1159.046
758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.507
4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.067
29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
293.638
231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8059
6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3579
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8059
6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3579
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2219
1863
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
PassMark - G3D Mark 5324 5343
PassMark - G2D Mark 347 642
Geekbench - OpenCL 19887 16715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.188 60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.067 29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3579 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3579 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2219 1863

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP107 GM206
Launch date 3 January 2018 20 August 2015
Place in performance rating 532 533
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $159
Price now $194.44
Value for money (0-100) 30.06

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1417 MHz 1188 MHz
Core clock speed 1152 MHz 1024 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops 1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 768
Texture fill rate 68.02 GTexel / s 49.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 90 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,940 million
CUDA cores 768

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
SLI options 2x

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 6.6 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround