NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
VS
AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
VS
AMD Radeon Sky 500

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

242
Place in performance rating
266
13.60
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GM206
Code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Type
Desktop
20 August 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
27 March 2013 (8 years ago)
$159
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$181 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$129
24.57
Value for money
15.67
GM206
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

768
Pipelines
1280
1024 MHz
Core clock speed
950 MHz
1188 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,940 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
90 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
49.2 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
76.00
1,825 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,432 gflops
768
CUDA cores
no data
768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1188 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,940 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
90 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
7.938" (20.2 cm)
Length
242 mm
1x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
no data
350 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data
no data
Form factor
full height / full length

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 950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6.6 GB/s
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
105.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
154 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data
no data
Dual-link DVI support
1
no data
DisplayPort count
1

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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 950 or AMD Radeon Sky 500 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
AMD Radeon Sky 500
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 950

1.96% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (90 Watt vs 150 Watt)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon Sky 500

Cheaper ($129 vs $181 (1.1x MSRP))

More pipelines (1280 vs 768)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (154 GB/s vs 105.6 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or AMD Radeon Sky 500?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 versus AMD Radeon Sky 500 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
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