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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A: specs and benchmarks
- Interface MXM-B (3.0)
- Core clock speed 993 MHz
- Max video memory 2 GB
- Memory type DDR3
- Memory clock speed 2002 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 950A sales 13 March 2015. This is a Maxwell architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 2 GB of DDR3 memory clocked at 2 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 32.03 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 75 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 950A: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance rating | 481 | |
Value for money | 0.21 | |
Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | |
GPU code name | GM107 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 13 March 2015 (8 years old) | |
Current price | $1099 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
GeForce GTX 950A's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 950A's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 993 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
Number of transistors | 1,870 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 75 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 44.96 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 1,271 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 950A's 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 | MXM-B (3.0) | |
Width | MXM Module |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 950A: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | DDR3 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 2002 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Memory bandwidth | 32.03 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 950A. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 950A, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
Shader Model | 5.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 1.2 | |
Vulkan | 1.1.126 | |
CUDA | 5.0 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 950A. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 24%
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce GTX 950A is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
GeForce GTX 950A's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 950A from AMD is FireStream 9370, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.
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Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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