GeForce GTX 950 Low Power vs RTX 3070 Max-Q
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | GA104 | GM206 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) | 1 March 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $159 |
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 cores | 5120 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 1026 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1290 MHz | 1190 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | 2,940 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 206.4 | 57.12 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.21 TFLOPS | 1.828 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 80 | 32 |
| TMUs | 160 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 40 | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 202 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1653 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 105.8 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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 January 2021 | 1 March 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 75 Watt |
RTX 3070 Max-Q has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 950 Low Power, on the other hand, has 6.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and GeForce GTX 950 Low Power. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 950 Low Power is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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