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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

ATI Radeon X700 PRO

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

5335

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

643

302

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	5335	76
PassMark - G2D Mark	643	302
Geekbench - OpenCL	16701
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
Essentials
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
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
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
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
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
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
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround