NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 950A

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 350 MHz
7.1x more texture fill rate: 39.72 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
5.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 700 MHz
18.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2593 vs 142
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 271 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2593 vs 142
PassMark - G2D Mark	271 vs 212

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 67 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	67 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2593

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

271

212

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2593	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	271	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	10220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM107	NV40 A1
Launch date	13 March 2015	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	894	849
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3