RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated72
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data81.75
Power efficiencyno data45.78
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM206SAD107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date2016 (8 years ago)12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores10242816
Core clock speed937 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speed1203 MHz2130 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data70 Watt
Texture fill rate76.99187.4
Floating-point processing powerno data12 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs6488
Tensor Coresno data88
Ray Tracing Coresno data22

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 4.0 x8
Lengthno data168 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5 GB/s2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s256.0 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA5.28.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 2000 Ada Generation has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950 OEM and RTX 2000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 950 OEM is a desktop card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
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