GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP Release date: 26 Mar 2013

GeForce GTX 950 Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP Release date: 20 Aug 2015

Summary

Synthetic performance index

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
100%
GeForce GTX 950
146%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
100%
GeForce GTX 950
137%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

Supports PhysX

Supports G-Sync

Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950

37% higher gaming performance.

44 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost .

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950

The GeForce GTX 950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core Configuration

	GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost		GeForce GTX 950
GPU Name	GK106 (GK106-240-A1)	vs	GM206 (GM206-250-A1)
Fab Process	28 nm	vs	28 nm
Die Size	221 mmÂ²	vs	228 mmÂ²
Transistors	2,540 million	vs	2,940 million
Shaders	768	vs	768
Compute Units	4	vs	6
Core clock	980 MHz	vs	1024 MHz
ROPs	24	vs	32
TMUs	64	vs	48

Memory Configuration

	GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost		GeForce GTX 950
Memory Type	GDDR5	vs	GDDR5
Bus Width	192 bit	vs	128 bit
Memory Speed	1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective	vs	1653 MHz 6612 MHz effective
Memory Size	2048 Mb	vs	2048 Mb

Additional details

	GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost		GeForce GTX 950
TDP	134 watts	vs	90 watts
Release Date	26 Mar 2013	vs	20 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
15.70 GP/s
GeForce GTX 950
32.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
62.70 GT/s
GeForce GTX 950
49.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
144.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 950
105.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
1505.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 950
1572.90 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
5800
GeForce GTX 950
8490

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
27
GeForce GTX 950
41

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
25
GeForce GTX 950
31