GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh vs GTX 950 OEM

Primary details

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

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ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM206STU106B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2016 (9 years ago)29 January 2019 (6 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 cores10241920
Core clock speed937 MHz960 MHz
Boost clock speed1203 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data115 Watt
Texture fill rate76.99144.0
Floating-point processing powerno data4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs64120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed5 GB/s1353 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s259.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2.140
CUDA5.27.5
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950 OEM and GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 950 OEM is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook one.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
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