NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
421
Pascal
Architecture
Maxwell
Pascal GP104 SLI
Code name
GM107
Desktop
Type
Desktop
16 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
$546
Price now
$1099
52.43
Value for money
1.09
Pascal GP104 SLI
GPU code name
GM107
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3840
Pipelines
640
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
993 MHz
1683 MHz
Boost Clock
1124 MHz
14400 Million
Transistor count
1,870 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
300 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
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Texture fill rate
44.96
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Floating-point performance
1,271 gflops
3840
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1683 MHz
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
14400 Million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A.

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Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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SLI options
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2x 8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
2002 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
32.03 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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G-SYNC support
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
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Multi Monitor
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3D Vision
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GPU Boost
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CUDA
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GeForce Experience
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Surround
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Multi-Projection
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12_1
DirectX
12 (11_0)
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI

78.04% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($546 vs $1099)

More pipelines (3840 vs 640)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 300 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A performance benchmarks comparison

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