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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

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: 2557 vs 2074
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10292 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	2557 vs 2074
Geekbench - OpenCL	10292 vs 6389

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 349 vs 258
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 258
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

2557

2074

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

349

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10292

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	2557	2074
PassMark - G2D Mark	258	349
Geekbench - OpenCL	10292	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	926	929
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