GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition vs GTX 1060 Mobile
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 331 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 10.24 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 17.11 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | GP106 | GM107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 August 2016 (9 years ago) | 13 March 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $237.11 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 1280 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | 993 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1708 MHz | 1124 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,400 million | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 94 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 133.6 | 44.96 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.275 TFLOPS | 1.439 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 480 KB | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1536 KB | 2 MB |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
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 | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2002 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 28.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDCP | 2.2 | - |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GameStream | + | - |
| GPU Boost | 3.0 | no data |
| VR Ready | + | no data |
| Ansel | + | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | + | 5.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2016 | 13 March 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 75 Watt |
GTX 1060 Mobile has an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 950M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 6.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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