GeForce GTX 950 LP Overview

GeForce GTX 950 LP
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 14 May 2016
GeForce GTX 950 LP

Core Configuration

GPU GM206
Architecture Nvidia_Maxwell_2_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 768 : 48 : 32
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 1572.90 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width 128 bit
Memory Speed 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 105.80 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    470%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    355%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    311%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    291%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    289%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    255%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    223%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    222%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
    221%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    220%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
    219%
  • Radeon HD 7990
    218%
  • Radeon RX 480
    217%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    212%
  • GeForce GTX 690
    210%
  • Radeon R9 390
    209%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    209%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    204%
  • Radeon RX 470
    196%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    190%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    188%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    185%
  • Radeon R9 290
    181%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
    175%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    166%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
    166%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
    162%
  • GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
    162%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
    162%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    162%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    157%
  • Radeon R9 380
    144%
  • Radeon R9 380 OEM
    144%
  • GeForce GTX 980M
    144%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    131%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    129%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    127%
  • Radeon R9 285
    127%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    126%
  • Radeon HD 6990
    126%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    126%
  • GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
    126%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    122%
  • GeForce GTX 960 OEM
    122%
  • GeForce GTX 970M
    116%
  • Radeon R9 280
    115%
  • GeForce GTX 590
    114%
  • GeForce GTX 670
    109%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    107%
  • Radeon HD 7950 Boost
    107%
  • Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
    107%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    103%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    102%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    101%
  • GeForce GTX 760 OEM
    101%
  • GeForce GTX 760 OEM Rebrand
    101%
  • GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM
    101%
  • GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM Rebrand
    101%
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    101%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 950 LP
    100%
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
    97%
  • Radeon R7 370
    96%
  • Radeon RX 460
    95%
  • GeForce GTX 880M
    93%
  • GeForce GTX 965M
    92%
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 2
    92%
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
    92%
  • Radeon R9 270
    92%
  • Radeon R9 370
    91%
  • GeForce GTX 780M
    89%
  • GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
    89%
  • Radeon HD 5970
    87%
  • GeForce GTX 870M
    84%
  • Radeon HD 8970M
    84%
  • Radeon R7 265
    81%
  • Radeon HD 7850
    80%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    80%
  • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
    80%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
    80%
  • Radeon HD 7970M
    79%
  • GeForce GTX 580
    77%
  • GeForce GTX 680M
    76%
  • GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
    76%
  • Radeon R7 360
    75%
  • Radeon R7 260X
    73%
  • Radeon HD 7790
    71%
  • Radeon HD 6970
    70%
  • GeForce GTX 570
    69%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    68%
  • Radeon HD 6950
    67%
  • GeForce GTX 480
    67%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
    66%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    66%
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    62%
  • GeForce GTX 770M
    62%
  • GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition
    62%
  • GeForce GTX 860M
    59%
  • GeForce GTX 860M Rev. 2
    59%
  • GeForce GTX 750
    56%
  • GeForce GTX 670MX
    56%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    55%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM
    55%
  • GeForce GTX 470
    55%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    54%
  • GeForce GT 740
    54%
  • GeForce GT 740 OEM
    54%
  • Radeon HD 6870
    53%
  • GeForce GTX 295
    52%
  • GeForce GTX 850M
    52%
  • GeForce GTX 950A
    51%
  • GeForce GTX 950M
    51%
  • GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition
    51%
  • Radeon HD 5870
    50%
  • Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
    50%
  • Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition
    50%
  • GeForce GTX 765M
    49%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    49%
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2
    49%
  • Radeon R7 250X
    47%
  • GeForce GTX 560
    46%
  • GeForce GTX 560 OEM
    46%
  • Radeon HD 6850
    44%
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    44%
  • GeForce GTX 465
    43%
  • GeForce GTX 460
    41%
  • GeForce GTX 675M
    39%
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    38%
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2
    38%
  • Radeon HD 5830
    38%
  • Radeon HD 6970M
    37%
  • Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
    37%
  • Radeon HD 6990M
    37%
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    36%
  • Radeon HD 6790
    36%
  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    36%
  • GeForce GTX 285
    34%
  • GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition
    34%
  • GeForce GTX 650
    33%
  • GeForce GT 755M
    32%
  • GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition
    32%
  • GeForce GTX 280
    32%
  • Radeon HD 8870M
    32%
  • Radeon HD 5770
    32%
  • Radeon HD 8670 OEM
    32%
  • Radeon R7 250
    32%
  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    30%
  • GeForce GTX 660M
    30%
  • GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
    30%
  • Radeon HD 6770
    30%
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    29%
  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    29%
  • GeForce GT 750M
    29%
  • GeForce GT 750M Mac Edition
    29%
  • GeForce 940A
    28%
  • GeForce 940M
    28%
  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    28%
  • Radeon HD 3850 X2
    28%
  • GeForce 840A
    28%
  • GeForce 840M
    28%
  • Radeon HD 4870
    28%
  • Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition
    28%
  • Radeon HD 7660D IGP
    27%
  • GeForce GT 640 GDDR5
    26%
  • Radeon HD 8730 OEM
    26%
  • GeForce GT 640
    25%
  • Radeon HD 5750
    25%
  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    25%
  • GeForce GT 650M
    25%
  • GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
    25%
  • Radeon HD 8790M
    25%
  • GeForce GTS 450
    24%
  • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
    24%
  • GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
    24%
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    24%
  • GeForce GTX 560M
    24%
  • Radeon HD 8750M
    24%
  • Radeon HD 6750
    24%
  • GeForce 930A
    24%
  • GeForce 930M
    24%
  • GeForce 930MX
    24%
  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7700K)
    23%
  • Radeon HD 4860
    23%
  • Radeon HD 6670
    23%
  • Radeon HD 8570 OEM
    22%
  • Radeon HD 8570 OEM Rebrand
    22%
  • Radeon HD 4850
    22%
  • Radeon R7 M260
    22%
  • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
    22%
  • GeForce GT 740A
    21%
  • GeForce GT 740M
    21%
  • GeForce GT 740M Rev. 2
    21%
  • Radeon R7 M265
    21%
  • Radeon R7 M265 Rev. 2
    21%
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    21%
  • GeForce GT 730A
    21%
  • GeForce GT 730M
    21%
  • GeForce GT 730M Rev. 2
    21%
  • GeForce GT 735M
    21%
  • Radeon HD 4770
    21%
  • Radeon R5 M230
    20%
  • Radeon R5 M230 Rev. 2
    20%
  • GeForce GT 640M
    20%
  • GeForce GT 640M LE
    20%
  • GeForce GT 640M LE Rev. 2
    20%
  • GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
    20%
  • GeForce 920A
    20%
  • GeForce 920M
    20%
  • GeForce 920MX
    20%
  • Radeon HD 4830
    19%
  • GeForce 9800 GTX+
    18%
  • GeForce 9800 GTX
    18%
  • Radeon HD 6570
    18%
  • Radeon HD 6570 OEM
    18%
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    18%
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    18%
  • Radeon HD 4730
    18%
  • Radeon HD 4730 OEM
    18%
  • Radeon HD 8670M
    18%
  • Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
    18%
  • Radeon HD 7670 OEM
    17%
  • Radeon HD 4810
    17%
  • Radeon HD 6770M
    17%
  • Radeon HD 6770M Mac Edition
    17%
  • Radeon HD 5670
    17%
  • Radeon R5 M330
    16%
  • GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2
    16%
  • Radeon HD 7670A
    16%
  • Radeon HD 7670M
    16%
  • GeForce GT 635 OEM
    16%
  • GeForce GT 550M
    15%
  • GeForce GT 555M
    15%
  • GeForce GTS 240 OEM
    15%
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    15%
  • Radeon HD 8570M
    15%
  • GeForce GT 720
    14%
  • GeForce GT 440
    14%
  • GeForce GT 820M
    14%
  • GeForce GT 630
    13%
  • GeForce GT 710
    13%
  • GeForce GT 710 OEM
    13%
  • Radeon HD 5570
    12%
  • Radeon HD 5570 OEM
    12%
  • GeForce 710A
    12%
  • GeForce 710M
    12%
  • GeForce GT 630M
    12%
  • GeForce GT 630M Rev. 2
    12%
  • GeForce GT 630M Rev. 3
    12%
  • GeForce GT 635M
    12%
  • GeForce GT 635M Rev. 2
    12%
  • GeForce GT 635M Rev. 3
    12%
  • Radeon HD 7750
    12%
  • GeForce GT 430
    11%
  • GeForce GT 430 OEM
    11%
  • GeForce GT 540M
    11%
  • Radeon HD 7650A
    10%
  • Radeon HD 7650M
    10%
  • GeForce GT 620
    8%
  • GeForce GT 620 OEM
    8%
  • GeForce GT 520
    6%
  • GeForce GT 520 OEM
    6%
  • GeForce GT 520 PCI
    6%
  • GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
    6%
  • GeForce GT 520M
    6%
  • GeForce GT 610
    6%
  • GeForce GT 610 OEM
    6%
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    6%
  • GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1
    6%
  • HD Graphics 4400 (Haswell GT2)
    6%
  • Radeon HD 6450
    6%
  • Radeon HD 6450 OEM
    6%
  • Radeon HD 5450
    4%
  • Radeon HD 5450 PCI
    4%
  • Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1
    4%
  • HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1)
    3%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 950 LP is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 14 May 2016. The graphics card houses the GM206 die, based on the Nvidia_Maxwell_2_0 architecture which packs 2,940 million transistors on a 28 nm, 228 mm2 die.

GeForce GTX 950 LP pros and cons

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

GeForce GTX 950 LPRadeon RX 460GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 370
GeForce GTX 950 LPRadeon RX 460GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 370
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Shader units76889610247681024
ROPs3216323232
Graphics processorGM206BaffinGM206GM206Trinidad
Process size28 nm14 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm
Memory2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width128 bit128 bit128 bit128 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth105.80 Gb/s112.00 Gb/s80.20 Gb/s105.80 Gb/s179.20 Gb/s
Release date14 May 201629 Jun 20161 Jan 201620 Aug 201518 Jun 2015

Benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 950
    8490
  • GeForce GTX 950 LP
    8490
  • Radeon R7 370
    8210
  • Radeon RX 460
    8080
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
    7890

Points (higher is better)