GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R7 A265

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon R7 A265, 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 950 stacks up against Radeon R7 A265, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon R7 A265
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
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  • GeForce GTX 950 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 A265 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon R7 A265 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 A265 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 950 is 299 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A265.
  • GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon R7 A265 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 A265 is 1794 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 1−2
ultra / 1080p 21−24 0−1
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 12−14
medium / 1080p 40−45 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than Radeon R7 A265.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon R7 A265
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM206 Opal
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 20 August 2015 9 January 2014
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 1024 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1188 MHz 825 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 49.2 billion/sec 19.80
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops 633.6 gflops
Length 7.938" (20.2 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.6 GB/s 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 105.6 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 768
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 233 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 9.97 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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