GeForce GTX 950M vs GTX 760 OEM

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	561
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	6.22
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GK104	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 November 2016 (8 years ago)	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)

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	1344	640
Core clock speed	993 MHz	914 MHz
Boost clock speed	1046 MHz	1124 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	117.2	44.96
Floating-point processing power	2.812 TFLOPS	1.439 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	112	40

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	no data	medium sized
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	-	+

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 or GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1650 MHz	1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211.2 GB/s	32 or 80 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	no data	+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	-	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	-	+
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
GameWorks	-	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	-	+
Optimus	-	+
BatteryBoost	-	+
Ansel	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1	1.1.126
CUDA	3.0	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 November 2016	13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	75 Watt

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