NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX150 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce MX150

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX150

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 937 MHz vs 914 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 993 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4330 vs 1973
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 2188
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3289
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4330 vs 1973
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 2188
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3289

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	937 MHz vs 914 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4330 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4330 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3289

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 1,271 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2605 vs 2277
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 264 vs 215
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10348 vs 9425

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2605 vs 2277
PassMark - G2D Mark	264 vs 215
Geekbench - OpenCL	10348 vs 9425

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2277

2605

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

215

264

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9425

10348

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4330

1973

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

2188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3289

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4330

1973

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

2188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3289

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX150	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
PassMark - G3D Mark	2277	2605
PassMark - G2D Mark	215	264
Geekbench - OpenCL	9425	10348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	45.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	495.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	145.794
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4330	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4330	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3289
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	990

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX150	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell
Code name	GP108	GM107
Launch date	17 May 2017	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	905	906
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	993 MHz
Core clock speed	937 MHz	914 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,127 gflops	1,271 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel / s	39.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0