GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 560
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 17 May 2011
GeForce GTX 560
GeForce GTX 950
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Aug 2015
GeForce GTX 950

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    213%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 560 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 113% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 560GeForce GTX 950
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-325-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-250-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders336vs768
Compute Units7vs6
Core clock810 MHzvs1024 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs56vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560GeForce GTX 950
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective
vs1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560GeForce GTX 950
TDP150 wattsvs90 watts
Release Date17 May 2011vs20 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560
    11.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    32.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560
    45.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    49.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

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

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560
    1089.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 950
    1572.90 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560
    3980
  • GeForce GTX 950
    8490

Points (higher is better)