NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 60.8 GTexel / s vs 36.4 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 336
2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,946 gflops vs 873.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 3400 MHz
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.869 vs 22.202
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.535 vs 661.765
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.351 vs 1.872
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.323 vs 28.112
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 86.304 vs 76.736

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2016 vs 11 October 2010
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s vs 36.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 336
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops vs 873.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 3400 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869 vs 22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535 vs 661.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351 vs 1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323 vs 28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304 vs 76.736

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

56.869

22.202

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

917.535

661.765

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.351

1.872

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.323

28.112

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

86.304

76.736

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869	22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535	661.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351	1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323	28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304	76.736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GM206	GF104
Launch date	1 January 2016	11 October 2010
Place in performance rating	1175	1081
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops	873.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	336
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s	36.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,950 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		150 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		210 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5