NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 49.2 billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
Around 31% better floating-point performance: 1,825 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5340 vs 3465
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 641 vs 312
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16728 vs 12495
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 60.473 vs 49.772
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.279 vs 3.67
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 231.508 vs 179.567
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6803 vs 5157
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6803 vs 5157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 August 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5340 vs 3465
PassMark - G2D Mark	641 vs 312
Geekbench - OpenCL	16728 vs 12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	60.473 vs 49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	758.865 vs 757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.279 vs 3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	231.508 vs 179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803 vs 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803 vs 5157

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 90 Watt
835.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.875 vs 29.738
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 3697
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3356
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 3697
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3356

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.875 vs 29.738
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5834 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7859 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5834 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7859 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5340

3465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

641

312

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16728

12495

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

60.473

49.772

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

758.865

757.295

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.279

3.67

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

29.738

49.875

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

231.508

179.567

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6803

5157

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3697

5834

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

7859

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6803

5157

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3697

5834

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

7859

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
PassMark - G3D Mark	5340	3465
PassMark - G2D Mark	641	312
Geekbench - OpenCL	16728	12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	60.473	49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	758.865	757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.279	3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.738	49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	231.508	179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	7859
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	105

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Maxwell
Code name	GM206	GM107
Launch date	20 August 2015	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	547	548
Price now	$194.44
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	1029 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	640
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec	43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,870 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	No outputs
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	MXM-B (3.0)
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)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	105.6 GB / s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.6 GB/s	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround