NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 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 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 823 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.396 vs 31.935
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.54 vs 2.344
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.412 vs 35.841
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.158 vs 64.308
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3333
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3333
  • 8.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3350 vs 389
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 25 January 2011
Core clock speed 914 MHz vs 823 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396 vs 31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54 vs 2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.412 vs 35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.158 vs 64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350 vs 389

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 52.7 GTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3060 vs 2580
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 436 vs 217
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10720 vs 9741
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 539.966 vs 373.644
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4184 vs 4148
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4184 vs 4148
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 52.7 GTexel / s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3060 vs 2580
PassMark - G2D Mark 436 vs 217
Geekbench - OpenCL 10720 vs 9741
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 539.966 vs 373.644
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4184 vs 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4184 vs 4148

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2580
3060
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
217
436
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9741
10720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.396
31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
373.644
539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.54
2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.412
35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
139.158
64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4148
4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4148
4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
389
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 2580 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 436
Geekbench - OpenCL 9741 10720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396 31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 373.644 539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54 2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.412 35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.158 64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350 389

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi 2.0
Code name GM107 GF114
Launch date 13 March 2015 25 January 2011
Place in performance rating 814 817
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Price now $138
Value for money (0-100) 27.88

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 914 MHz 823 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops 1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 384
Texture fill rate 44.96 GTexel / s 52.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB / s 128.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz 4008 MHz
Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 GDDR5
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