NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 576 MHz
Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 57.02 GTexel / s vs 36.8 billion / sec
6x more pipelines: 768 vs 128
5.3x better floating-point performance: 1,825 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 155 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 768 MB
7.3x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	1 March 2016 vs 8 November 2006
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 576 MHz
Texture fill rate	57.02 GTexel / s vs 36.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	768 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 155 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark		579
PassMark - G2D Mark		92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM206	G80
Launch date	1 March 2016	8 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$599
Place in performance rating	not rated	1291
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	768	128
Texture fill rate	57.02 GTexel / s	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	155 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	681 million
CUDA cores		575
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	202 mm	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	105.8 GB / s	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		3.3