NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX150 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 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 4% higher texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel / s vs 44.96 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
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 45.905 vs 42.396
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 495.238 vs 373.644
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 145.794 vs 139.158
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4330 vs 4148
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4330 vs 4148
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 937 MHz vs 914 MHz
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s vs 44.96 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 1000 or 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 45.905 vs 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 495.238 vs 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 145.794 vs 139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4330 vs 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4330 vs 4148

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 2259
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 213
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9744 vs 9584
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.54 vs 2.365
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.412 vs 38.965
  • 3.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3350 vs 999
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2577 vs 2259
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 vs 213
Geekbench - OpenCL 9744 vs 9584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54 vs 2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.412 vs 38.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350 vs 999

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2259
2577
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
217
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9584
9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
45.905
42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
495.238
373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.365
2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.965
39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.794
139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4330
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4330
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
999
3350
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2259 2577
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 217
Geekbench - OpenCL 9584 9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 45.905 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 495.238 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.365 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.965 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 145.794 139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4330 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4330 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 999 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name GP108 GM107
Launch date 17 May 2017 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 875 797
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 914 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,127 gflops 1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 640
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s 44.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 1,870 million
CUDA cores 640

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

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB / s 32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3 or GDDR5
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