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    GeForce GTX 950 LP vs GeForce GTX 960M

    GeForce GTX 950 LP
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 14 May 2016
    GeForce GTX 950 LP
    GeForce GTX 960M
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 13 Mar 2015
    GeForce GTX 960M
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      159%
    • GeForce GTX 960M
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 LP

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 59% higher average synthetic performance.
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960M

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 950 LP

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950 LP

    The GeForce GTX 950 LP is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 950 LPGeForce GTX 960M
    GPU NameGM206 (GM206-251-A1)vsGM107 (N16P-GX-A1)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size228 mm²vs148 mm²
    Transistors2,940 millionvs1,870 million
    Shaders768vs640
    Compute Units6vs5
    Core clock1024 MHzvs1097 MHz
    ROPs32vs16
    TMUs48vs40

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 950 LPGeForce GTX 960M
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1653 MHz
    6612 MHz effective    		vs1253 MHz
    5012 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 950 LPGeForce GTX 960M
    TDP75 wattsvs75 watts
    Release Date14 May 2016vs13 Mar 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      32.80 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 960M
      17.55 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      49.20 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 960M
      43.90 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      105.80 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 960M
      80.20 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      1572.90 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 960M
      1404.20 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      8490
    • GeForce GTX 960M
      5320

    Points (higher is better)

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