RTX A4000 vs GeForce GTX 960M

Place in performance ranking	460	54
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.49	13.21
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	N16P-GX	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$799	$1112

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX A4000 has 787% better value for money than GTX 960M.

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	6144
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1202 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	47.04	299.5
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 960M and RTX A4000 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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	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	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	448.0 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	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

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	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 960M 8.79

RTX A4000 50.24
+472%

RTX A4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 472% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 960M 3395

RTX A4000 19401
+471%

RTX A4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 471% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 960M 10755

RTX A4000 122172
+1036%

RTX A4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 1036% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 960M 8878

RTX A4000 108865
+1126%

RTX A4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 1126% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 960M 11818

RTX A4000 124547
+954%

RTX A4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960M by 954% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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 −426%	500−550 +426%
Full HD	36 −456%	200−210 +456%
1440p	14 −471%	80−85 +471%
4K	14 −471%	80−85 +471%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−471%

80−85
+471%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25 −460%	140−150 +460%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Battlefield 5	30 −467%	170−180 +467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −471%	80−85 +471%
Far Cry 5	28 −471%	160−170 +471%
Far Cry New Dawn	31 −448%	170−180 +448%
Forza Horizon 4	35 −471%	200−210 +471%
Hitman 3	16−18 −459%	95−100 +459%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −453%	210−220 +453%
Metro Exodus	31 −448%	170−180 +448%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −445%	180−190 +445%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	19 −426%	100−105 +426%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Battlefield 5	23 −465%	130−140 +465%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −471%	80−85 +471%
Far Cry 5	24 −442%	130−140 +442%
Far Cry New Dawn	23 −465%	130−140 +465%
Forza Horizon 4	71 −463%	400−450 +463%
Hitman 3	16−18 −459%	95−100 +459%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −453%	210−220 +453%
Metro Exodus	25 −460%	140−150 +460%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 −442%	130−140 +442%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −445%	180−190 +445%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 −445%	60−65 +445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −471%	80−85 +471%
Far Cry 5	18 −456%	100−105 +456%
Forza Horizon 4	25 −460%	140−150 +460%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −453%	210−220 +453%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −471%	80−85 +471%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −445%	180−190 +445%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27
−460%

140−150

+460%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14 −471%	80−85 +471%
Far Cry New Dawn	16 −463%	90−95 +463%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 −463%	45−50 +463%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Far Cry 5	15 −467%	85−90 +467%
Forza Horizon 4	18 −456%	100−105 +456%
Hitman 3	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Metro Exodus	15 −467%	85−90 +467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −450%	55−60 +450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−467%

85−90
+467%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	7 −471%	40−45 +471%
Hitman 3	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 −450%	55−60 +450%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	4 −425%	21−24 +425%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%
Metro Exodus	6 −400%	30−33 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−456%

50−55

+456%

This is how GTX 960M and RTX A4000 compete in popular games:

RTX A4000 is 426% faster in 900p
RTX A4000 is 456% faster in 1080p
RTX A4000 is 471% faster in 1440p
RTX A4000 is 471% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.79	50.24
Recency	12 March 2015	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	140 Watt