NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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, 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 47% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 33% better floating-point performance: 1,271 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2554 vs 2074
  • Around 60% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10230 vs 6389
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 28 June 2011
Core clock speed 914 MHz vs 620 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.72 GTexel / s vs 39.7 billion / sec
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,271 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2554 vs 2074
Geekbench - OpenCL 10230 vs 6389

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 349 vs 256
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2664 vs 1973
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2664 vs 1973
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 2188
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 2188
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3318 vs 3289
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3318 vs 3289
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 349 vs 256
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2664 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2664 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3626 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3626 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3318 vs 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3318 vs 3289

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2554
2074
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
256
349
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10230
6389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1973
2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1973
2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2188
3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2188
3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3289
3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3289
3318
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2554 2074
PassMark - G2D Mark 256 349
Geekbench - OpenCL 10230 6389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1973 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1973 2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2188 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2188 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3289 3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3289 3318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.215

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi 2.0
Code name GM107 GF114
Launch date 13 March 2015 28 June 2011
Place in performance rating 925 926
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz
Core clock speed 914 MHz 620 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,271 gflops 952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 384
Texture fill rate 39.72 GTexel / s 39.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,950 million
CUDA cores 384

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI