GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs GTX 960A

Place in performance ranking	489	39
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.99	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GM107	GN21-X11
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$243	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	640	9728
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	2040 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	43.40	515.3
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 960A and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 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.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	MXM Module	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	5.0	8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	24−27 −625%	174 +625%
1440p	18−20 −644%	134 +644%
4K	12−14 −592%	83 +592%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24
−643%

156

+643%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −650%	90−95 +650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −683%	90−95 +683%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −625%	170−180 +625%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −650%	100−110 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −689%	142 +689%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −657%	100−110 +657%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −633%	130−140 +633%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −667%	180−190 +667%
Hitman 3	24−27 −600%	168 +600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −608%	354 +608%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −639%	130−140 +639%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −619%	110−120 +619%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −629%	401 +629%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −700%	144 +700%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −650%	90−95 +650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −593%	187 +593%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −625%	170−180 +625%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −650%	100−110 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −656%	136 +656%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −657%	100−110 +657%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −633%	130−140 +633%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −667%	180−190 +667%
Hitman 3	12−14 −592%	83 +592%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −657%	220−230 +657%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −630%	73 +630%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −619%	110−120 +619%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −604%	387 +604%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −616%	394 +616%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −638%	110−120 +638%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −650%	90−95 +650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −667%	161 +667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −650%	100−110 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −594%	125 +594%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −657%	100−110 +657%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −667%	180−190 +667%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −663%	305 +663%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −642%	371 +642%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −656%	204 +656%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −650%	120 +650%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18
−619%

110−120

+619%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −613%	110−120 +613%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −606%	120−130 +606%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −663%	60−65 +663%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −611%	128 +611%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −625%	85−90 +625%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −692%	95 +692%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −624%	152 +624%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −663%	120−130 +663%
Hitman 3	18−20 −667%	138 +667%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −623%	253 +623%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −611%	128 +611%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −643%	297 +643%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −681%	164 +681%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −679%	109 +679%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−683%

90−95
+683%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −650%	60−65 +650%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Hitman 3	6−7 −667%	45−50 +667%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −617%	129 +617%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −629%	102 +629%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −614%	150 +614%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −720%	40−45 +720%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −680%	78 +680%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −660%	35−40 +660%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −700%	48 +700%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −600%	35−40 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −720%	80−85 +720%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −610%	149 +610%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −629%	102 +629%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −590%	69 +590%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−657%

50−55

+657%

This is how GTX 960A and RTX 4090 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 Mobile is 625% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 Mobile is 644% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 Mobile is 592% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.96	54.61
Recency	13 March 2015	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt