GeForce GTX 460 SE vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 460 SE
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Nov 2010
GeForce GTX 460 SE
GeForce GTX 950
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Aug 2015
GeForce GTX 950
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    275%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 SE

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950

60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 SE .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 175% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 950

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950

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


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 460 SEGeForce GTX 950
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-225-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-250-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders288vs768
Compute Units6vs6
Core clock650 MHzvs1024 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs48vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460 SEGeForce GTX 950
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed850 MHz
3400 MHz effective
vs1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460 SEGeForce GTX 950
TDP150 wattsvs90 watts
Release Date15 Nov 2010vs20 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    7.80 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    32.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    31.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    49.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    109.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    105.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    748.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 950
    1572.90 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    3080
  • GeForce GTX 950
    8490

Points (higher is better)