GMA vs GeForce GTX 960M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	557	1606
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.26	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	PowerVR SGX545 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	GM107	Cloverview
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2015 (10 years ago)	4 May 2010 (15 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 cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	533 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	47.04	1.066
Floating-point processing power	1.505 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	1
TMUs	40	2
L1 Cache	320 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	no 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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
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)	9.0c
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.5	ES 2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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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:

900p	95	no data
Full HD	35	no data
1440p	15	no data
4K	14	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 March 2015	4 May 2010
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm

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