NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- 7.6x more core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 120 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 220 nm
- 128x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 32 MB
- 8.3x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 517x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2585 vs 5
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 201
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 1 February 2000 |
Core clock speed | 914 MHz vs 120 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 220 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 32 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2585 vs 5 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 217 vs 201 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
- 10.7x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate | 480 MTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2585 | 5 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 217 | 201 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 9729 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 42.396 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 373.644 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.54 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.412 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 139.158 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4148 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4148 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3350 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | Celsius |
Code name | GM107 | NV10 A3 |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 1 February 2000 |
Place in performance rating | 884 | 882 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 914 MHz | 120 MHz |
CUDA cores | 640 | |
Floating-point performance | 1,439 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 220 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | |
Texture fill rate | 44.96 GTexel / s | 480 MTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 17 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x VGA |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
HDMI | ||
VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | AGP 4x |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 7.0 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 1.2 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 32 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 32 or 80 GB / s | 4.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 or 2500 MHz | 300 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 or GDDR5 | DDR |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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Adaptive VSync | ||
Ansel | ||
BatteryBoost | ||
CUDA | ||
DSR | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
Optimus | ||
SLI |