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    GeForce GTX 950 LP vs GeForce GTX 970M

    GeForce GTX 950 LP
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 14 May 2016
    GeForce GTX 950 LP
    GeForce GTX 970M
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 7 Oct 2014
    GeForce GTX 970M
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 970M
      116%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 LP

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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970M

    Around 16% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 970M

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970M

    The GeForce GTX 970M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 950 LPGeForce GTX 970M
    GPU NameGM206 (GM206-251-A1)vsGM204 (N16E-GT-A2)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size228 mm²vs398 mm²
    Transistors2,940 millionvs5,200 million
    Shaders768vs1280
    Compute Units6vs10
    Core clock1024 MHzvs1038 MHz
    ROPs32vs48
    TMUs48vs80

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 950 LPGeForce GTX 970M
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width128 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed1653 MHz
    6612 MHz effective    		vs1253 MHz
    5012 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs6144 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 950 LPGeForce GTX 970M
    TDP75 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date14 May 2016vs7 Oct 2014

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      32.80 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 970M
      49.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      49.20 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 970M
      83.00 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      105.80 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 970M
      120.30 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      1572.90 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 970M
      2657.30 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 950 LP
      8490
    • GeForce GTX 970M
      9860

    Points (higher is better)

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