GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition vs Quadro FX 880M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1254not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.20no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGT216GM107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)13 March 2015 (10 years ago)

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 cores48640
Core clock speed550 MHz993 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1124 MHz
Number of transistors486 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate8.80044.96
Floating-point processing power0.1162 TFLOPS1.439 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1640

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.28 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA1.25.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 75 Watt

FX 880M has 114.3% lower power consumption.

GTX 950M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 880M and GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 880M is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition is a mobile workstation one.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
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