NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1024 MHz
  • 2.2x more boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1188 MHz
  • 6439x more texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 49.2 billion / sec
  • 5x more pipelines: 3840 vs 768
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 375x more memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 6.6 GB/s
  • 6.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 101650 vs 16728
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 641
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19722 vs 5340
  • 21.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2302 vs 105
  • 5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 311.253 vs 60.473
  • 7.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 33.932 vs 4.279
  • 5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 169.697 vs 29.738
  • 6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1500.926 vs 231.508
  • 8.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6622.553 vs 758.865
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 20 August 2015
Core clock speed 2505 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Boost clock speed 2640 MHz vs 1188 MHz
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s vs 49.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 3840 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 6.6 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 vs 16728
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 vs 641
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 vs 5340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 vs 105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 vs 60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 vs 4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 vs 29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 vs 231.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 vs 758.865

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 200 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
101650
16728
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1081
641
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19722
5340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2302
105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
311.253
60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.932
4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.697
29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1500.926
231.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6622.553
758.865
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 16728
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 641
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 5340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 231.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 758.865
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Maxwell 2.0
Code name AD106 GM206
Launch date 2023 20 August 2015
Place in performance rating 75 547
Launch price (MSRP) $159
Price now $194.44
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 30.06

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2640 MHz 1188 MHz
Core clock speed 2505 MHz 1024 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 768
Pixel fill rate 126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s 49.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 90 Watt
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops
Transistor count 2,940 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 7.938" (20.2 cm)
SLI options 2x

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 6.6 GB/s
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround