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    GeForce GT 820M vs GeForce GTX 950M

    GeForce GT 820M
    Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 27 Nov 2013
    GeForce GT 820M
    GeForce GTX 950M
    Memory: 4096Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 13 Mar 2015
    GeForce GTX 950M

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GT 820M
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 950M
      367%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GT 820M

    60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 950M .
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950M

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 267% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 950M

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950M

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

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GT 820MGeForce GTX 950M
    GPU NameGF117 (N15V-GM)vsGM107 (N16P-GT)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size116 mm²vs148 mm²
    Transistors585 millionvs1,870 million
    Shaders96vs640
    Compute Units2vs5
    Core clock775 MHzvs993 MHz
    ROPs8vs16
    TMUs16vs40

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GT 820MGeForce GTX 950M
    Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
    Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective    		vs900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GT 820MGeForce GTX 950M
    TDP15 wattsvs75 watts
    Release Date27 Nov 2013vs13 Mar 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GT 820M
      3.10 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 950M
      15.89 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GT 820M
      12.40 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 950M
      39.70 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GT 820M
      14.40 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 950M
      28.80 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GT 820M
      297.60 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 950M
      1271.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GT 820M
      1200
    • GeForce GTX 950M
      4410

    Points (higher is better)

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