NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 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 Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.5x more boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 450 MHz
8.3x more texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
53.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 89 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
18.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2585 vs 138
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 24 February 2005
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 89 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2585 vs 138
PassMark - G2D Mark	217 vs 198

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2585

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

198

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	2585	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	217	198
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 Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM107	NV41
Launch date	13 March 2015	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	886	883
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640	12
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
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 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 or 80 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 or GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	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