GeForce GTX 950 and GeForce GTX 480 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 950 vs GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 950
5498
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce GTX 950
GeForce GTX 480
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM206
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2015
December 2010
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
700 MHz
CUDA cores
768
480
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
480
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
295 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
42 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
177.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
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
-