GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jan 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GeForce GTX 950
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Aug 2015
GeForce GTX 950

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    182%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    215%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

115% higher gaming performance.
80 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 560 Ti .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GTX 950
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-400-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-250-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders384vs768
Compute Units8vs6
Core clock823 MHzvs1024 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs64vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GTX 950
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GTX 950
TDP170 wattsvs90 watts
Release Date25 Jan 2011vs20 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    13.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    32.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    52.70 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    49.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    128.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    105.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    1263.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 950
    1572.90 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    4660
  • GeForce GTX 950
    8490

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    19
  • GeForce GTX 950
    41

FPS (higher is better)