GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon RX 480 mobile, 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 RX 480 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 480 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
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  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 11% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 950.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 6 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 950.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 7994 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
ultra / 1080p 21−24 7−8
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 156% more, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name GM206 Polaris
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 20 August 2015 1 August 2016
Pipelines 768 2304
Core clock speed 1024 MHz
Boost Clock 1188 MHz 1077 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 49.2 billion/sec 155.1
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops 4,963 gflops
Length 7.938" (20.2 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.6 GB/s 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 105.6 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
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
Laptop size large
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 9.97 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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