GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon R6 Carrizo. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon R6 Carrizo. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R6 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Carrizo 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 R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
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  • GeForce GTX 950 has 650% more power consumption, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 950 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 950 and Radeon R6 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 0−1
ultra / 1080p 21−24 0−1
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 10−12
medium / 1080p 40−45 2−3
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 766% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950 Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GM206 Carrizo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 20 August 2015 4 June 2015
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 1024 MHz
Boost Clock 1188 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 49.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops
Length 7.938" (20.2 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 105.6 GB/s
Shared memory - +
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
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 medium sized
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 9.97 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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