N1X 40SM vs GeForce GTX 960M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 569 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.36 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | GB20B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (11 years ago) | 1 June 2026 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 1096 MHz | 741 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | 2346 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 47.04 | 750.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.505 TFLOPS | 24.02 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 40 |
| TMUs | 40 | 320 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | 5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 50 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 1067 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 273.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI |
| VGA аnalog display support | + | no data |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GameStream | + | - |
| GeForce ShadowPlay | + | - |
| GPU Boost | 2.0 | no data |
| GameWorks | + | - |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
| BatteryBoost | + | - |
| Ansel | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | + | 12.1 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 March 2015 | 1 June 2026 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 128 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
N1X 40SM has an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
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