GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 950 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 950
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce GTX 950
5498
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 950
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GP106
GM206
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
August 2015
Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
-
350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pins
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1188 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1024 MHz
CUDA cores
-
768
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
768
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
90 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
49.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
6.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
105.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
-
4 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
-
+
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0