NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce MX150

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce MX150. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

407
Place in performance rating
436
5.29
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
Pascal
GM107
Code name
GP108
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
16 May 2017 (4 years ago)
$797
Price now
$1049
1.41
Value for money
1.74
N16P-GT
GPU code name
N17S-G1
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce MX150 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
384
914 MHz
Core clock speed
1468 MHz
1124 MHz
Boost Clock
1038 MHz
1,870 million
Transistor count
1,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
10 Watt
44.96
Texture fill rate
24.91
1,439 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,127 gflops
640
CUDA cores
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640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1124 MHz
Boost clock speed
1532 MHz
1,870 million
Number of transistors
1,800 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
10 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce MX150.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 950M and NVIDIA GeForce MX150 can be seen in this section.

DDR3 or GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory clock speed
6008 MHz
32 or 80 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
40.1 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce MX150, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
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+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce MX150 is the additional functionality.

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Multi Monitor
+
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
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DSR
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce MX150. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
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 950M and NVIDIA GeForce MX150 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 950M or NVIDIA GeForce MX150 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
NVIDIA GeForce MX150 26 12
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 79.9 38.4 28.8 18.5 12.6
NVIDIA GeForce MX150 78.1 37.7 27.2 16.3
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 98.1 37.5 20.5 14.8 10
NVIDIA GeForce MX150 102 30.9 17.8 14.3
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
NVIDIA GeForce MX150 45.2 24 18.9
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 950M

1.12% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($797 vs $1049)

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce MX150

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (10 Watt vs 75 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (40.1 GB/s vs 32 or 80 GB/s)

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M or NVIDIA GeForce MX150?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M versus NVIDIA GeForce MX150 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce MX150