NVS 4200M vs GeForce GTX 950M

Place in performance ranking	529	1126
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.82	0.01
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	N16P-GT	GF119
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	$797	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 950M has 8100% better value for money than NVS 4200M.

Detailed specifications

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	48
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	914 MHz	810 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.96	6.480
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops	155.52 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 950M and NVS 4200M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM
SLI options	+	no data

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	DDR3 or GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 or 80 GB/s	12.8 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	No outputs	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

GTX 950M 6.68
+841%

NVS 4200M 0.71

GeForce GTX 950M outperforms NVS 4200M by 841% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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: 25%

GTX 950M 2585
+840%

NVS 4200M 275

GeForce GTX 950M outperforms NVS 4200M by 840% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 950M 15710
+584%

NVS 4200M 2298

GeForce GTX 950M outperforms NVS 4200M by 584% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 950M 4367
+761%

NVS 4200M 507

GeForce GTX 950M outperforms NVS 4200M by 761% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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: 9%

GTX 950M 9543
+726%

NVS 4200M 1155

GeForce GTX 950M outperforms NVS 4200M by 726% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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	30 +131%	13 −131%
1440p	21 +950%	2−3 −950%
4K	16 +1500%	1−2 −1500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−12
+267%

3−4

−267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	23 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9	0−1
Battlefield 5	31 +933%	3−4 −933%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +138%	8−9 −138%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Far Cry 5	23 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Far Cry New Dawn	22 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Hitman 3	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	19 +217%	6−7 −217%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	19 +850%	2−3 −850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9	0−1
Battlefield 5	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +138%	8−9 −138%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Far Cry 5	21 +950%	2−3 −950%
Far Cry New Dawn	20 +900%	2−3 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Hitman 3	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Metro Exodus	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	15 +150%	6−7 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 +533%	3−4 −533%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9	0−1
Battlefield 5	20 +900%	2−3 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Far Cry 5	19 +850%	2−3 −850%
Far Cry New Dawn	19 +850%	2−3 −850%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11 +267%	3−4 −267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Hitman 3	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Metro Exodus	5−6	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	6−7	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	6 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

This is how GTX 950M and NVS 4200M compete in popular games:

GTX 950M is 131% faster than NVS 4200M in 1080p
GTX 950M is 950% faster than NVS 4200M in 1440p
GTX 950M is 1500% faster than NVS 4200M in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 950M is 1100% faster than the NVS 4200M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 950M surpassed NVS 4200M in all 25 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.68	0.71
Recency	12 March 2015	22 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt