Radeon RX 9050 4 GB vs GeForce GTX 960M

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	8.35	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	RDNA 4.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code name	GM107	Navi 44
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	13 March 2015 (11 years ago)	28 July 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	1024
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	2600 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	29,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	92 Watt
Texture fill rate	47.04	166.4
Floating-point processing power	1.505 TFLOPS	10.65 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	40	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L0 Cache	no data	256 KB
L1 Cache	320 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 Cache	no data	16 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
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	144.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
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 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a
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	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.4
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 March 2015	28 July 2026
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	92 Watt