NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 $1,599
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 $159
16384 Shaders
24GB GDDR6X
2520MHz
768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1188MHz
FP32
82.58 TFLOPS
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
FP16
82.58 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
3.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
450W
TDP
90W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 305,430
100%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 205,470
100%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 40
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV182
AD102
Variant
AD102-300-A1
Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-250
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/12/2022
Release Date
8/20/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
609 mm²
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Die Size
227 mm²
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Transistor Count
76.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.29M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
16384 Shaders
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Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
512 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
512 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
128 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
128 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
6 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
11 GPCs
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2230MHz Base
2520MHz
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1024MHz Base
1188MHz
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FP8
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660.6 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP16
82.58 TFLOPS
330.3 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
82.58 TFLOPS
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
TF32
165.15 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.29 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.06 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
190.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
483.84 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
38.016 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1290.24 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
57.024 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
72MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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24GB
GDDR6X
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1313MHz
Transfer Rate
21GT/s
Bandwidth
1008GB/s
Clock
1650MHz
Transfer Rate
6.6GT/s
Bandwidth
105.6GB/s
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TDP
450W
TDP
90W
Temp
90°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
2x NVENC 8
Model
NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
61 mm (2.4 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
202 mm (7.95 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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