NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 $1,999
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 $159
21760 Shaders
32GB GDDR7
2410MHz
768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1188MHz
FP32
104.88 TFLOPS
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
FP16
104.88 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
575W
TDP
90W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV192
GB202
Variant
GB202-400-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
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
744 mm²
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Die Size
227 mm²
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Transistor Count
92 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
123.66M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
21760 Shaders
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Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
680 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
680 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
170 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
170 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
6 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
14 GPCs
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2010MHz Base
2410MHz
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1024MHz Base
1188MHz
FP4
1678.13 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP8
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839.07 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP16
104.88 TFLOPS
419.53 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
104.88 TFLOPS
419.53 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
104.88 TFLOPS
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
TF32
419.53 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.64 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.06 TFLOPS
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INT8
839.07 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
318.1 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
462.72 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
38.016 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1638.8 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
88MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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32GB
GDDR7
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
512Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2210MHz
Transfer Rate
28GT/s
Bandwidth
1792GB/s
Clock
1650MHz
Transfer Rate
6.6GT/s
Bandwidth
105.6GB/s
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TDP
575W
TDP
90W
Temp
90°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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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
120Hz
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
3x NVENC 9
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
2x NVDEC 6
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
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
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
2.1
PCIe Version
5.0
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
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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