NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs ATI Radeon HD 4270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and ATI Radeon HD 4270 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

ATI Radeon HD 4270

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 74% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 590 MHz
19.2x more pipelines: 768 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
48.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5340 vs 110
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 643 vs 303

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 August 2015 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 590 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5340 vs 110
PassMark - G2D Mark	643 vs 303

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5340

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

643

303

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	ATI Radeon HD 4270
PassMark - G3D Mark	5340	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	643	303
Geekbench - OpenCL	16110
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1870

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	ATI Radeon HD 4270
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	RV6xx
Code name	GM206	RS880M
Launch date	20 August 2015	1 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	535	530
Price now	$194.44
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	590 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	40
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.6 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0