GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 950M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce GTX 950M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti stacks up against GeForce GTX 950M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 950M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 950M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GeForce GTX 950M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3 or GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 950M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce GTX 950M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is used in Desktops, and GeForce GTX 950M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is build with Pascal architecture, and GeForce GTX 950M - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is 377 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950M.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and GeForce GTX 950M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is 6008 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 2−3
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 176% more, than GeForce GTX 950M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GeForce GTX 950M
Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name N17P-G1 N16P-GT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 25 October 2016 12 March 2015
Pipelines 768 640
Core clock speed 1291 MHz 914 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz 1124 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 66.82 44.96
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 1,439 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 32 or 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA + +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s
CUDA cores 768 640
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 326 Mh/s 140 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.01 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.62 Mh/s 2.5 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 156.48 Sol/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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