NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP vs AMD FirePro S7150 x2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP and AMD FirePro S7150 x2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, API support.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

AMD FirePro S7150 x2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 265 Watt
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 265 Watt
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7150 x2

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1024 MHz
37.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 117.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 57.02 GTexel / s
4.7x more pipelines: 2x 1792 vs 768
4.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,763 gflops vs 1,825 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 2 GB

Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 117.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 57.02 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1792 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2x 3,763 gflops vs 1,825 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 2 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP	AMD FirePro S7150 x2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	GM206	Tonga
Launch date	1 March 2016	1 February 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$3,999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops	2x 3,763 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2x 1792
Texture fill rate	57.02 GTexel / s	2x 117.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	265 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	202 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	105.8 GB / s	2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
CUDA
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5