GeForce 610M vs GTX 960M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce 610M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 960M
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
8.71
+1061%

GTX 960M outperforms 610M by a whopping 1061% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5001166
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.014.31
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGM107GF119
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)1 December 2011 (13 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 cores64048
Core clock speed1096 MHz738 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate47.045.904
Floating-point processing power1.505 TFLOPS0.1417 TFLOPS
Video decodersno dataH.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p
ROPs164
TMUs408

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCI Express 2.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/sUp to 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputs
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno dataUp to 2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus++
BatteryBoost+-
Ansel+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 API
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 960M 8.71
+1061%
GeForce 610M 0.75

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 960M 3369
+1062%
GeForce 610M 290

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 960M 5278
+940%
GeForce 610M 508

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 960M 10989
+693%
GeForce 610M 1386

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:

900p95
+1088%
8−9
−1088%
Full HD35
+1067%
3−4
−1067%
1440p15
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
4K14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Battlefield 5 38
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Far Cry 5 28
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Fortnite 99
+1138%
8−9
−1138%
Forza Horizon 4 35
+600%
5−6
−600%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35
+338%
8−9
−338%
Valorant 80−85
+186%
27−30
−186%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Battlefield 5 31
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130
+540%
20−22
−540%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Dota 2 60−65
+377%
12−14
−377%
Far Cry 5 25
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Fortnite 40
+1233%
3−4
−1233%
Forza Horizon 4 31
+520%
5−6
−520%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Grand Theft Auto V 31
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Metro Exodus 12
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 29
+263%
8−9
−263%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
+380%
5−6
−380%
Valorant 80−85
+186%
27−30
−186%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 26
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Dota 2 60−65
+377%
12−14
−377%
Far Cry 5 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Forza Horizon 4 25
+400%
5−6
−400%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18
+125%
8−9
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+180%
5−6
−180%
Valorant 80−85
+186%
27−30
−186%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 31
+1450%
2−3
−1450%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 60−65
+2000%
3−4
−2000%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−12 0−1
Metro Exodus 9−10 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+950%
4−5
−950%
Valorant 90−95
+1063%
8−9
−1063%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 17
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 0−1
Far Cry 5 15
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18
+1700%
1−2
−1700%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 7−8 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 20
+33.3%
14−16
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10 0−1
Valorant 40−45
+950%
4−5
−950%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 30−33
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Far Cry 5 7
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5
+150%
2−3
−150%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1

This is how GTX 960M and GeForce 610M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 960M is 1088% faster in 900p
  • GTX 960M is 1067% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 960M is 1400% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 960M is 1300% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 960M is 2000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 960M surpassed GeForce 610M in all 36 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.71 0.75
Recency 13 March 2015 1 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 12 Watt

GTX 960M has a 1061.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 610M, on the other hand, has 525% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 960M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 610M in performance tests.

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