UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs vs GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated619
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGM206Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date26 November 2015 (8 years ago)15 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price$95 no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores102448
Core clock speed924 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed1201 MHz1450 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data28 Watt
Texture fill rate76.86no data
Floating-point performance2,460 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 960 OEM and UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed7012 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth112.2 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126no data
CUDA5.2no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 November 2015 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960 OEM and UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960 OEM is a desktop card while UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs is a notebook one.


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