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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | GeForce GTX 950M 2GB | GeForce GTX 770M |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 205% | 163% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 179% | 140% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 170% | 133% |
| FIFA 21 | 54% | 33% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 330% | 270% |
| Hitman 3 | 297% | 242% |
| Genshin Impact | 205% | 163% |
| Far Cry 6 | 342% | 280% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 338% | 277% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 195% | 153% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 770M are very slightly better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M 2GB.
The GTX 950M has a 103 MHz higher core clock speed than the GeForce GTX 770M, but the GeForce GTX 770M has 40 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 950M. As a result, the GeForce GTX 770M exhibits a 28.3 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 950M. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 950M has a 103 MHz higher core clock speed than the GeForce GTX 770M, but the GeForce GTX 770M has 8 more Render Output Units than the GTX 950M. As a result, the GeForce GTX 770M exhibits a 4.9 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 950M. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 950M was released over a year more recently than the GeForce GTX 770M, and so the GTX 950M is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GeForce GTX 770M.
The GeForce GTX 770M has 1024 MB more video memory than the GTX 950M, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GeForce GTX 770M also has superior memory performance overall.
The GeForce GTX 770M has 16.2 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 950M, which means that the memory performance of the GeForce GTX 770M is slightly better than the GTX 950M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB has 640 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 770M has 960. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 950M is 858 and the actual shader performance of the GeForce GTX 770M is 779. The GTX 950M having 79 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the GeForce GTX 770M performs better when taking into account other relevant data.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB requires 50 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 770M requires 75 Watts. The GeForce GTX 770M requires 25 Watts more than the GTX 950M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GeForce GTX 770M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the GTX 950M.
| Core Speed | 914 MHz |  | vs | 811 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 993 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM107-N16P-GT | Kepler GK106-N14E-GS-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | Good |
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vs | Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great |
| vs | Good | |
| Release Date | 12 Mar 2015 | | vs | 30 May 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 9.9
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vs | |
10
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| 1600x900 | 7.8
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vs | |
8.4
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| 1920x1080 | 6
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vs | |
6.5
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| 2560x1440 | 4.3
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vs | |
4.4
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| 3840x2160 | 2.6
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vs | |
2.7
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| Memory | 2048 MB | vs | | 3072 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz | | vs | 1002 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | vs | | 192 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 80GB/sec | vs | | 96.2GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 2048 KB | |
vs | 384 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | vs | | 960 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 41% | | vs | 37% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | vs | | 80 | |
| Texture Rate | 36.6 GTexel/s | vs | | 64.9 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | vs | | 24 | |
| Pixel Rate | 14.6 GPixel/s | vs | | 19.5 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 50 Watts | | vs | 75 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-4340M 2.9GHz | | vs | Intel Core i7-4700MQ 4-Core 2.4GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | | 1920x1080 |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the first variant of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The first variant of the Maxwell Architecture succeeds the Kepler Architecture. Despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, it has an extremely large L2 Cache which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM107-N16P-GT which has 5 SM activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The central unit runs at 914MHz and goes up to 993MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface. The memory clock operates at 1253MHz. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. Features DirectX 12 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 50W, it may be equipped in average sized notebooks. Performance Because GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is just a higher clocked GeForce GTX 850M v2 2GB, its performance is only about 5% faster than its predecessors and so GeForce GTX 860M 2GB is still faster. Still, it still offers decent gaming at 1920x1080 and most modern games should run fluently at high settings. System Suggestions We recommend a strong processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce GTX 950M 2GB. | Overview GeForce GTX 770M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the first revision of the Kepler Architecture. Architecture The Kepler Architecture was NVIDIA's big step to power efficiency. Each Stream Multiprocessor (SMX) now hosts 192 Shader Processing Units - against the 48 of older Fermi Architecture, and has been redesigned being now clocked at the same speed of the Central Unit. This means they are more energy efficient and will consequently lead to cooler operating temperatures. However, it also means they are weaker. It can be said that one Fermi SMX is as fast as 2 Kepler SMXs. Additionally, and not available in all GPUs, Kepler also introduced the Boost Clock Feature. The Boost Clock is an even higher Clock Speed activated when in gaming mode and becomes the effective speed of the GPU. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed Kepler GK106-N14E-GS-A1 which has 5 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 960 Shader Processing Units, 80 TMUs and 24 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 811MHz. Memory The GPU accesses a 3GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 192-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and no way benefits the GPU. The Memory Clock Operates at 1002MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, Kepler Boost, Optimus, CUDA, OpenCL, DirectCompute, 3D Vision Surround, PhysX, Realtime Raytracing and other technologies Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 75W, it is suited for large laptops. Performance GeForce GTX 770M is essentially a fast GeForce GTX 675MX. Gaming benchmarks indicate its performance is slightly better than the older GeForce GTX 675MX. System Suggestions We recommend a Powerful Processor (Intel Core i7 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with GeForce GTX 770M. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||