GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GTX 950 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GTX 950
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 950
5498
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 950
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM206
GM206
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2015
August 2015
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
1x 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1188 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
1024 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
768
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
768
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
90 Watt
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
49.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
6.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
105.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
4 displays
4 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
+
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GPU Boost
2.0
2.0