Radeon Instinct MI350X vs GeForce GTX 960M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 551 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.26 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | CDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | CDNA Next |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (10 years ago) | 2025 (recently) |
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 | 16384 |
| Core clock speed | 1096 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 185,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 1000 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 47.04 | 2,252.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.505 TFLOPS | 72.09 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | no data |
| TMUs | 40 | 1024 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 1024 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | 4 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 256 MB |
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 5.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | OAM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| 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 | HBM3e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 288 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 8.19 TB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 288 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 1000 Watt |
GTX 960M has 1233.3% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI350X, on the other hand, has a 7100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 833.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon Instinct MI350X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 960M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI350X is a workstation one.
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