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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 950M 2GB | GeForce GTX 460M |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 205% | 565% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 179% | 508% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 170% | 488% |
| FIFA 21 | 54% | 235% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 330% | 835% |
| Hitman 3 | 297% | 765% |
| Genshin Impact | 205% | 565% |
| Far Cry 6 | 342% | 862% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 338% | 853% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 195% | 541% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M 2GB are massively better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M.
The GTX 950M has a 239 MHz higher core clock speed and 8 more Texture Mapping Units than the GeForce GTX 460M. This results in the GTX 950M providing 15 GTexel/s better texturing performance. 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 239 MHz higher core clock speed than the GeForce GTX 460M, but the GeForce GTX 460M has 8 more Render Output Units than the GTX 950M. As a result, the GeForce GTX 460M exhibits a 1.6 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 three years more recently than the GeForce GTX 460M, and so the GTX 950M is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the GeForce GTX 460M when running the latest games.
The GTX 950M has 512 MB more video memory than the GeForce GTX 460M, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 950M also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 950M has 20 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GeForce GTX 460M, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 950M is slightly better than the GeForce GTX 460M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB has 640 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 460M has 192. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 950M is 858 and the actual shader performance of the GeForce GTX 460M is 259. The GTX 950M having 599 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 950M delivers a significantly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GeForce GTX 460M.
The GTX 950M transistor size technology is 12 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GeForce GTX 460M. This means that the GTX 950M is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GeForce GTX 460M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB requires 50 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 460M requires 50 Watts. The two GPUs require the same amount of wattage to run. As such, there is no need to worry about which will more significantly affect your yearly electricity bills.
| Core Speed | 914 MHz |  | vs | 675 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 993 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM107-N16P-GT | Fermi GF106-N11E-GS-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | Good |
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vs | Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great |
| vs | Poor | |
| Release Date | 12 Mar 2015 | | vs | 03 Sep 2010 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 9.9
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vs | 7
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| 1600x900 | 7.8
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vs | 5.4
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| 1920x1080 | 6
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vs | 3.9
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| 2560x1440 | 4.3
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vs | 2.5
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| 3840x2160 | 2.6
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vs | - | |
| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | 1536 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz | | vs | 625 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | vs | | 192 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 80GB/sec | | vs | 60GB/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 | 192 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 41% | | vs | 12% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | 40nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | | vs | 32 | |
| Texture Rate | 36.6 GTexel/s | | vs | 21.6 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | vs | | 24 | |
| Pixel Rate | 14.6 GPixel/s | vs | | 16.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | 2560x1600 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 50 Watts | | vs | | 50 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 i5-520M 2.4GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | 1600x900 | |
| 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 460M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the first revision of the Fermi Architecture. Architecture The Fermi Architecture is manufactured with a 40nm technology and uses a technique known as Hot Clocking: The Shaders are clocked twice as fast as the Central Unit. While this leads to a reasonable performance boost, it causes enormous amounts of energy dissipation, leading, ultimately, to a significantly higher operating temperature. Fermi is also the first GPU architecture with fully cached memory access which increases memory performance. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed GF106-N11E-GE-A1 which has 4 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 192 Shader Processing Units, 32 TMUs and 24 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 675MHz. Memory The GPU accesses a 1GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 625MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Optimus, 3D Vision Surround, PhysX, Realtime Raytracing and other technologies Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 50W, it is suited for average sized laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance almost on level with the desktop GeForce GT 450 v2. System Suggestions We recommend a decent processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with GeForce GTX 460M. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | ||||