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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M is a graphics card released on March 12, 2015, built on the Maxwell architecture. It has 2 GB of video memory on a 128-bit bus and a 75 W board power rating. It scores 2,580 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenCL 1.2.

MaxwellGM107

6/10 key specs recorded · 25 facts

Depth: 33 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

2 GB

128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

75 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M scores 2,580 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 70.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #837), measured across 5,805 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 216.

PassMark G3D Mark

2,580

Rank #837
Faster than 70.4% of 2,658 GPUs
5,805 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 43 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 54.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 13 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 54.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 44.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 12 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 41.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,127 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 51.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M averages DirectX 9 43 fps, DirectX 10 13 fps, DirectX 11 16 fps, DirectX 12 12 fps and GPU Compute 1,127 ops/s, across 5,805 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 914 MHz

Memory clock 1000 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 75 W

First benchmarked 2015-03-31

Samples 5,805

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 914 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2015-03-31. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Maxwell

Codename GM107

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M is based on the Maxwell architecture and uses the GM107 graphics processor.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M is equipped with 2 GB of memory and uses a 128-bit memory bus.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M has a board power rating of 75 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 75 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched March 12, 2015

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M was released on March 12, 2015.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 2,580

PassMark G2D 216

Rank #837

Samples 5,805

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M supports DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenCL 1.2.

DirectX 12 (FL 11_0)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

OpenCL 1.2

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M has 2 GB of video memory on a 128-bit bus.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M has a board power rating of 75 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M scores 2,580 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 70.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #837. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 12 fps.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M use?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M released?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M was released on March 12, 2015.

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. chip GM107 -> Maxwell. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.