GeForce GTX 950 and GeForce 7800 GTX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 950 vs GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce GTX 950
5498
GeForce 7800 GTX
299
GeForce GTX 950
GeForce 7800 GTX
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GM206
G70
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2015
June 2005
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
430 MHz
CUDA cores
768
-
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
302 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
-
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
86 Watt
Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
10.32
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
38.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
3.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-