GeForce GTX 950 and Mars - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 950
Mars
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
GM206
Mars
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2015
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
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Core clock speed
1024 MHz
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CUDA cores
768
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Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
950 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
384
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
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Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.1 (1.2)
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.170
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
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