NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 768 vs 2x 128
2.4x better floating-point performance: 1,825 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 197 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
6.6x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	1 March 2016 vs 18 March 2008
Pipelines	768 vs 2x 128
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 197 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 57.02 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 57.02 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark		613
PassMark - G2D Mark		262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM206	G92
Launch date	1 March 2016	18 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$599
Place in performance rating	not rated	887
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	768	2x 128
Texture fill rate	57.02 GTexel / s	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	754 million
CUDA cores		256 (128 per GPU)
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	202 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options		Quad
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	105.8 GB / s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
3D Vision
SLI
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		2.1