GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 950 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX 950
GeForce GTX 1080
16002
GeForce GTX 950
5498
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTX 950
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
GM206
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
August 2015
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
1x 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
1188 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
1024 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
768
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
768
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
-
Texture fill rate
277.3
49.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
6.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
105.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
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
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1.126
Ansel
+
-
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
3.0
2.0
VR Ready
+
-