NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 110 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
11.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2411 vs 202
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 631 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2411 vs 202
PassMark - G2D Mark	631 vs 413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

4.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2411

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

413

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2411	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	631	413
Geekbench - OpenCL	12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7859

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM107	G71
Launch date	13 March 2015	5 June 2006
Place in performance rating	475	376
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		270 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3