NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and ATI Radeon X700 PRO 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 2.4x more core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 425 MHz
- 14.5x more texture fill rate: 49.2 billion / sec vs 3.4 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
- 70.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5335 vs 76
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 643 vs 302
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 20 August 2015 vs 1 September 2004 |
Core clock speed | 1024 MHz vs 425 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 49.2 billion / sec vs 3.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 128 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 5335 vs 76 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 643 vs 302 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO
- 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 90 Watt
- 143.3x more memory clock speed: 860 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 90 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 860 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 | ATI Radeon X700 PRO |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 5335 | 76 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 643 | 302 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 16715 | |
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 | 1862 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 | ATI Radeon X700 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | R400 |
Code name | GM206 | RV410 |
Launch date | 20 August 2015 | 1 September 2004 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $159 | $179 |
Place in performance rating | 540 | 538 |
Price now | $194.44 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 30.06 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1188 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1024 MHz | 425 MHz |
CUDA cores | 768 | |
Floating-point performance | 1,825 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 768 | |
Texture fill rate | 49.2 billion / sec | 3.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 90 Watt | 33 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,940 million | 120 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
G-SYNC support | ||
HDCP | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 7.938" (20.2 cm) | |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 350 Watt | |
SLI options | 2x | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pins | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 105.6 GB / s | 13.76 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6.6 GB/s | 860 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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3D Vision | ||
Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
CUDA | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
SLI | ||
Surround |