GeForce GTX 950 Low Power vs GTS 150 OEM
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | G92 | GM206 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 March 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 March 2016 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $159 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 738 MHz | 1026 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1190 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 2,940 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 141 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 47.23 | 57.12 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.47 TFLOPS | 1.828 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 288 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 1024 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 202 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1653 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 105.8 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 March 2009 | 1 March 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 141 Watt | 75 Watt |
GTX 950 Low Power has an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 88% lower power consumption.
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