Average Bench: 25.6% (189th of 713)

Based on 111,509 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1402 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

The GTX 950 is Nvidia's latest Maxwell card which is based on a GTX 960 but with 25% fewer CUDA cores and 25% fewer texture units. Comparing the GTX 960 and 950 shows that, as expected, effective speed has been reduced by 25%. The GTX 950 is positioned above GTX 750 Ti which is Nvidia's energy efficient mass market GPU. Comparing the 750 Ti and 950 shows that 950 is nearly 50% faster but it's also priced 50% higher so the 950 doesn't offer improved value for money. Gaming performance for the GTX 950 at resolutions up to 1080p on high/ultra settings will be satisfactory most of the time. That said, the GTX 950 is priced on the high side ($160). At present the GTX 960 ($171) offers 25% better performance for just 7% more money. See a current list of the best value graphics cards here[Aug '15 GPUPro]

Very poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 950 averaged 74.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 31.6fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 28.1fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 950 is just 6.03%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 950 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 37.5fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 29.6fps

Average Bench

(Based on 111,509 samples)
Min Avg Max
26.9 Lighting 31.6 35.9
33.6 Reflection 37.5 45.8
25.8 Parallax 29.6 32.7
25.7% 32.9 fps
Min Avg Max
32.3 MRender 34.2 36.3
28.1 Gravity 31.4 34.6
25.4 Splatting 28.1 30.9
25.2% 31.2 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 560.94
Lighting 35.7
Reflection 52
Parallax 35.8
29% 41.2 fps
MRender 35.2
Gravity 34.2
Splatting 30.5
27% 33.3 fps
Zotac(19DA 3378) 2GB
CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 560.94
Lighting 31
Reflection 36.7
Parallax 29.1
25% 32.3 fps
MRender 34.1
Gravity 30.8
Splatting 27.5
25% 30.8 fps
Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 2GB
CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 560.94
Lighting 30.6
Reflection 36.6
Parallax 29.6
25% 32.3 fps
MRender 34.6
Gravity 30.6
Splatting 27
25% 30.7 fps
Asus(1043 8581) 2GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35
Lighting 27.5
Reflection 35.4
Parallax 28
22% 30.3 fps
MRender 33.6
Gravity 29.2
Splatting 26.2
24% 29.7 fps
EVGA(3842 1952) 2GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 531.41
Lighting 26.8
Reflection 33.5
Parallax 0.3
22% 20.2 fps
MRender 34.7
Gravity 28.3
Splatting 25
24% 29.3 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $165 @ launch in Aug '15)
Asus(1043 8554) 13% 26% ± 1%
Asus GTX 950 2GB STRIX GAMING
STRIX-GTX950-DC2OC-2GD5-GAMING
AmazonUS $2004 years
EbayUS $2202 months
MSI(1462 3208) 10% 27% ± 1%
MSI GTX 950 2GB GAMING
GTX 950 GAMING 2G
Gigabyte(1458 36C5) 8% 26% ± 1%
Gigabyte GTX 950 2GB Windforce
GV-N950WF2OC-2GD
AmazonUS $2806 years
MSI(1462 8C92) 6% 25% ± 1%
MSI GTX 950 2GB OC
GTX 950 2GD5 OC
Zotac(19DA 1376) 5% 25% ± 1%
Zotac GTX 950 2GB
ZT-90601-10L
EbayUS $1002 years
AmazonUS $2616 years
Zotac GTX 950 2GB OC
ZT-90602-10M
AmazonUS $2796 years
Zotac GTX 950 2GB AMP!
ZT-90603-10M
AmazonUS $1767 years
Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 5% 25% ± 1%
Asus(1043 86DC) 4% 24% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 2951) 4% 27% ± 1%
EVGA GTX 950 2GB SC
02G-P4-2951-KR
Nvidia(10DE 1402) 3% 25% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 2957) 3% 28% ± 1%
EVGA GTX 950 2GB SSC ACX
02G-P4-2957-KR
AmazonUS $3193 years
Zotac(19DA 3378) 3% 25% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8555) 3% 24% ± 1%
Nvidia(10DE 1139) 3% 27% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 2958) 2% 28% ± 1%
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB ACX 2.0
02G-P4-2958-KR
AmazonUS $2505 mins
EVGA(3842 2956) 2% 27% ± 0%
PNY(196E 139F) 2% 25% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8586) 2% 23% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8569) 2% 25% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 36C7) 2% 28% ± 1%
Gigabyte GTX 950 2GB XTREME
GV-N950XTREME-2GD
AmazonUS $1777 years
EVGA(3842 2959) 2% 28% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8553) 2% 24% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 2376) 2% 29% ± 1%
MSI(1462 320A) 1% 25% ± 1%
Asus(1043 858D) 1% 22% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 36D9) 1% 22% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8557) 1% 24% ± 1%
HP(103C 82DF) 1% 22% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8573) 1% 26% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 3376) 1% 24% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 1402) 1% 24% ± 2%
Asus(1043 8558) 1% 24% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 11A9) 1% 27% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1956) 1% 25% ± 2%
Dell(1028 1139) 0% 24% ± 0%
Device(1B4C 11A9) 0% 26% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8581) 0% 22% ± 0%
PNY(196E 13A1) 0% 26% ± 2%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 26% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 1950) 0% 24% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 1953) 0% 26% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 36D5) 0% 25% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 0956) 0% 23% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 36DF) 0% 24% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 0958) 0% 23% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1409) 0% 25% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 370C) 0% 26% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8585) 0% 23% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0000) 0% 25% ± 0%
Device(0000 0000) 0% 24% ± 0%
PNY(196E 13A0) 0% 27% ± 0%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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 Comments

Added 9 years ago.

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5 days ago.

I'm still gaming it up with my EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC 02G-P4-2951-KR 2GB from 2016. I have had no hiccups or issues on Steam, playing GTA IV, PubG, Insurgancy, Division 1 & 2, Destiny 2, Rust or any COD games. I also use it with my new MSI Optix MAG342CQR 34" UWQHD with no issues either.


Good

8 months ago.

Great budget card for gamers who want to play mid-tier games. Can run minecraft mods, 20-40 fps with shaders. I was very surprised when i played destiny 2 with it and has no problems when playing. Not the greatest when playing warzone, getting only 20-40 frames with low settings. Overall 4/5 stars.


Poor

5 months ago.

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Excellent

4 months ago.

I Have it i use it i have the msi 750 ti version


Good

3 years ago.

got it at a high price, i wasn't informed and right now i can't play most of the game i would like too


Average

5 months ago.

its a good gpu its only down side is its performance


Poor

2 years ago.

I changed it for 1070 Ti but it did his work very well


Good

2 years ago.

its been years since I bought it and maybe more since it came out and I still can run almost any game and most of them with very good graphics in 2018


Excellent

10 days ago.

very nice gpu still capable in 2024


Good

1 month ago.

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Average

22 months ago.

Great Card for the time, and its not even that bad today in 2018 its somewhere inbetween the GT 1030 and GTX 1050, but considering you can pick it up sometimes with a price of lower of the GT 1030, i would say its a really good bargain


Excellent

11 months ago.

it sucks not only because is ddr5 and thats new so is not fixed yet and suck


Good

15 months ago.

Getting a little outdated, doesnt run games smoothly anymore


Poor

3 years ago.

great card serving me good for years


Good

13 months ago.

i get 30 fps on games. really old now and not recommend buying it


Above average

9 years ago.


Excellent

22 months ago.

Because i have it and don't have the money to upgrade...


Poor

5 years ago.

Good value at the time.


Excellent

4 years ago.

Great GPU if you can find one for cheaper than $50. While the GTX 950 will not be able to play the newer 2020 and upcoming AAA games at very enjoyable settings, it can play older games such as The Witcher and GTA V and eSport games such as Fortnite and Rainbow Six Siege with no problems. I've recently upgraded a friend's brother's PC from an R7 250 to a GTX 950, and I was pretty satisfied with the result. I was able to run TC:R6S at 1080p120FPS on low settings without any issues or stuttering.


Good

7 years ago.

Fine for 1080p@60FPS gaming at mid to low graphic detail. I don't expect this to be too useful for gaming in a couple of years, but with it's low power requirements it'll serve a desktop centred system for a at least a few years longer.


Very good

7 years ago.

Very good GPU


Good

2 years ago.

我是一个来自中国的“垃圾佬”我的电源是300w,因此我只能购买50系列的卡。而950是一个价格合适性能还行的卡


Good

6 years ago.

This asus gtx 950 si 2gb 2nd hand unit has sold massively in my country only rm330(79 dollar) great value for its speed. hahahaha


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