NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is a graphics card released on August 20, 2015, built on the Maxwell architecture. It has 768 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 105.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.19 GHz and a 90 W board power rating. It scores 5,351 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.
Depth: 41 recorded fields, 4 features, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 scores 5,351 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 81.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #512), measured across 8,126 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 652.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 averages DirectX 9 93 fps, DirectX 10 22 fps, DirectX 11 40 fps, DirectX 12 23 fps and GPU Compute 2,269 ops/s, across 8,126 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 1024 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2015-08-23. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 Low Power, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is based on the Maxwell architecture, uses the GM206-250-A1 graphics processor, contains 2,940 million transistors and has a die size of 228 mm².
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 has 768 shading units, 48 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 runs at a base clock of 1.02 GHz and boosts to 1.19 GHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 105.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 has a board power rating of 90 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 was released on August 20, 2015 and launched at a price of $159.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.
Media engine
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265). It does not support hardware encode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported4:4:4: Yes | Not stated by the vendor |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: No; 10-bit: No; B-frames: No; 8K: No | Not stated by the vendor |
| AV1 | Not supported | Not stated by the vendor |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Not listed: VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 supports this codec; that is silence, not a statement that it is unsupported.
Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (5th Generation, encoder engines: 1).
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (Mobile).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 have?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 105.8 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 has a board power rating of 90 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 scores 5,351 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 81.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #512. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 23 fps.
Does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 support AV1 encoding?
No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 use?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 was released on August 20, 2015 and launched at a price of $159.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
1 filled value
- Architecture: Maxwell (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chips GM206 | GM206 all -> Maxwell. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units; Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units.
The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.
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