GeForce GTX 950 and GeForce GTS 450 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 950 vs GeForce GTS 450
GeForce GTX 950
5498
GeForce GTS 450
1359
GeForce GTX 950
GeForce GTS 450
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM206
GF106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2015
September 2010
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
783 MHz
CUDA cores
768
192
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
192
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
100 °C
Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
25.1 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
57.7 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.2
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-