GeForce GTX 950A vs Radeon HD 6870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950A and Radeon HD 6870, 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 950A stacks up against Radeon HD 6870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950A Radeon HD 6870
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 151 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6870 has 101% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 950A.
  • GeForce GTX 950A is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 950A has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 950A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6870 - with Terascale 2.
  • GeForce GTX 950A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 950A is 952 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 10−12
ultra / 1080p 7−8 6−7
QHD / 1440p 2−3 1−2
low / 720p 24−27 24−27
medium / 1080p 14−16 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than Radeon HD 6870.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950A Radeon HD 6870
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM107 RV940 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 22 October 2010
Pipelines 640 1120
Core clock speed 993 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.96 50.40
Floating-point performance 1,271 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Length 220 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.03 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 213 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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