Radeon R5 Graphics vs GeForce GTX 960A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking534not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.40no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGM107Spectre SL
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (10 years ago)17 September 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores640256
Core clock speed1029 MHz497 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz720 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate43.407.952
Floating-point processing power1.389 TFLOPS0.2545 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs4016
L1 Cache320 KBno data
L2 Cache2 MBno data

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)IGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1253 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 17 September 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt

GTX 960A has an age advantage of 5 months.

R5 Graphics, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960A and Radeon R5 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960A is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R5 Graphics is a desktop one.

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