NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs AMD Radeon R9 M280X

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and AMD Radeon R9 M280X. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Benchmarks

56073DMark Fire Strike2726

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM206GPU NameSaturn
GM206-250-A1Model numberSaturn XT
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureGCN 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
2,940 millionTransistors2,080 million
228 mm²Die Size160 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 20th, 2015Release DateFeb 5th, 2015
GeForce 900FamilyCrystal System
(R9 M200)
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 700PredecessorSolar System
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

2 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
105.8 GB/sBandwidth96.00 GB/s

Performance

38.02 GPixel/sPixel fillrate17.60 GPixel/s
57.02 GTexel/sTexture fillrate61.60 GTexel/s
1.825 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1.971 TFLOPS
57.02 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance123.2 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1024 MHzBase Clock1000 MHz
1188 MHzBoost Clock1100 MHz
1653 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Render Config

768Shading Units896
48TMUs56
32ROPs16
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
1024 KBL2 Cache256 KB

Board Design

90 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.0
1.1Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model6.3