Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) vs GeForce GTX 950A
Aggregated performance score
GTX 950A
2015
2 GB DDR3
6.72
+120%
R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
2014
3.05
GeForce GTX 950A outperforms Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 120% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 527 | 724 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 0.15 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | GCN (2011−2017) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | Kaveri Spectre |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (9 years old) | 14 January 2014 (10 years old) |
| Current price | $1099 | no data |
Value for money
no data
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 993 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 44.96 | no data |
| Floating-point performance | 1,271 gflops | no data |
Size and 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).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | no data |
| Width | MXM Module | no data |
Memory
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 | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 2002 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 32.03 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
Video outputs and ports
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 | No outputs | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (FL 12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | no data |
| CUDA | 5.0 | no data |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 35−40
+94.4%
| 18
−94.4%
|
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 6.72 | 3.05 |
| Recency | 13 March 2015 | 14 January 2014 |
The GeForce GTX 950A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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