GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 950M
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060
394%
GeForce GTX 950M
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 294% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950M |
| 45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1060 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060
The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 950M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | GM107 (N16P-GT) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 148 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 1,870 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 640 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 993 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 950M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 950M | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 13 Mar 2015 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 950M
15.89 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
GeForce GTX 950M
39.70 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 950M
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 950M
1271.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
17380
GeForce GTX 950M
4410
Points (higher is better)