NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 270

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
AMD Radeon R9 270 $179
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
935MHz
1280 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
925MHz
Peak AI Performance
7.66 TOPS
INT8
Peak AI Performance
2.37 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
1.92 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
Unknown
TDP
150W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 3.23x faster vs Radeon R9 270
  • 69% slower vs GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GeForce GTX 950 OEM - 7.66 TOPS INT8
x3.23
Radeon R9 270 - 2.37 TFLOPS FP32
x1

FP32

  • 19% slower vs Radeon R9 270
  • 23% faster vs GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GeForce GTX 950 OEM - 1.92 TFLOPS FP32
x1
Radeon R9 270 - 2.37 TFLOPS FP32
x1.23
  • 55% slower vs Radeon R9 270
  • 2.24x faster vs GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GeForce GTX 950 OEM - 80GB/s
x1
Radeon R9 270 - 179.2GB/s
x2.24
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
GeForce 900
Family
Radeon R 200
Codename
NV126
GM206
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Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Curacao Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
8/20/2015
Release Date
11/13/2013
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
28nm
Die Size
227 mm²
Die Size
212 mm²
Transistor Count
8 Billion
Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
Transistor Density
35.24M/mm²
Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
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-
-
-
Compute Units
20 CUs
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935MHz
900MHz Base
925MHz
Peak AI Performance
7.66 TOPS
INT8
Peak AI Performance
2.37 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
1.92 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
FP64
60 GFLOPS
FP64
150 GFLOPS
INT8
7.66 TOPS
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INT32
1.92 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
29.92 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
59.84 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
74 GTexel/s
L1
48KB/SM
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L1
-
16KB/CU
L2
1MB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
2GB
GDDR5
2GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
80GB/s
Clock
1400MHz
Transfer Rate
5.6GT/s
Bandwidth
179.2GB/s
TDP
Unknown
TDP
150W
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
-
3x DisplayPort 1.2
-
1x HDMI 2.0
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x DVI-D Dual-Link
1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 1.4
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
-
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Model
NVENC 3
Model
VCE 1.0
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 2
Model
UVD 3.2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
-
-
AVC (H.264)
-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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-
PureVideo HD
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
Shader Model
6.5
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-
GFX
6
-
-
-
-
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
202 mm (7.95 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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