NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 $999
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 $159
10752 Shaders
16GB GDDR7
2617MHz
768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1188MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.8 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
7.3 TOPS
INT8
FP32
56.28 TFLOPS
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
FP16
56.28 TFLOPS
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-
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
360W
TDP
90W
Power Connectors
-
1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-

Peak AI Performance

  • 246.58x faster vs GeForce GTX 950
  • 100% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 1.8 PFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse
x246.58
GeForce GTX 950 - 7.3 TOPS INT8
x1

FP32

  • 30.75x faster vs GeForce GTX 950
  • 97% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 56.28 TFLOPS FP32
x30.75
GeForce GTX 950 - 1.83 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 9.09x faster vs GeForce GTX 950
  • 89% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 960GB/s
x9.09
GeForce GTX 950 - 105.6GB/s
x1
  • 300% higher vs GeForce GTX 950
  • 75% lower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 360W
x4
GeForce GTX 950 - 90W
x1
  • 14.53x faster vs GeForce GTX 950
  • 93% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - GB6 OpenCL 256,140
x14.53
GeForce GTX 950 - GB6 OpenCL 17,630
x1
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV193
GB203
Variant
GB203-400-A1
Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-250
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
8/20/2015
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
4NP
Fabrication Node
28nm
Die Size
378 mm²
Die Size
227 mm²
Transistor Count
45.6 Billion
Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
Transistor Density
120.63M/mm²
Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
10752 Shaders
Shading Units
768 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
336 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
336 T-Cores
-
-
Ray-Tracing Cores
84 RT-Cores
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
84 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
6 SMs
Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
-
-
2300MHz Base
2617MHz
1024MHz Base
1188MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.8 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
7.3 TOPS
INT8
FP4
900.42 TFLOPS Tensor
1.8 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
FP8
450.21 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
900.42 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
225.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
450.21 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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-
-
-
-
FP16
56.28 TFLOPS
225.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
450.21 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
112.55 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
225.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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-
-
-
-
-
FP32
56.28 TFLOPS
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
FP64
880 GFLOPS
FP64
60 GFLOPS
BF16
56.28 TFLOPS
112.55 TFLOPS Tensor
225.1 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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-
-
-
TF32
56.28 TFLOPS Tensor
112.55 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
INT8
-
450.21 TOPS Tensor
900.42 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
7.3 TOPS
-
-
INT32
56.28 TOPS
INT32
1.83 TOPS
Ray Tracing
170.7 TOPS
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
293.104 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
38.016 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
879.312 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
57.024 GTexel/s
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
L1
-
48KB/SM
L2
64MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
16GB
GDDR7
2GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2368MHz
Transfer Rate
30GT/s
Bandwidth
960GB/s
Clock
1650MHz
Transfer Rate
6.6GT/s
Bandwidth
105.6GB/s
TDP
360W
TDP
90W
Temp
88°C Max
-
-
-
-
3x DisplayPort 2.1
-
1x HDMI 2.1
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
3x DisplayPort 1.2
-
1x HDMI 2.0
-
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
-
-
Model
2x NVENC 9
Model
NVENC 3
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
Model
2x NVDEC 6
Model
NVDEC 2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
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
6.8
CUDA
12.8
PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
PureVideo HD
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
2x Fans
1x Fan
Power Connectors
-
1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-
Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
-
-
-
-
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
202 mm (7.95 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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