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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2585

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

201

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	2585	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	217	201
Geekbench - OpenCL	9730
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
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Celsius
Code name	GM107	NV10 A3
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	886	884
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	7.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.2
Memory
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
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI