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    GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon HD 5870

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon HD 5870, 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 950M stacks up against Radeon HD 5870, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    GeForce GTX 950M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 950M Radeon HD 5870
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 188 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 5870 has 150% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 950M.
    • GeForce GTX 950M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 5870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 950M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
    • GeForce GTX 950M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5870 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 950M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 950M is 64 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.
    • GeForce GTX 950M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 3800 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 8−9 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 1−2
    low / 720p 27−30 24−27
    medium / 1080p 16−18 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than Radeon HD 5870.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 950M Radeon HD 5870
    Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
    Code name N16P-GT Cypress
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 12 March 2015 23 September 2009
    Pipelines 640 1600
    Core clock speed 914 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 2,154 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 44.96 68.00
    Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
    Length 282 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.5 Mh/s
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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