GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVS 4200M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1211not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.20no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGF119GM206
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date22 February 2011 (14 years ago)26 November 2015 (9 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 cores481024
Core clock speed810 MHz1176 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1201 MHz
Number of transistors292 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.48076.86
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPS2.46 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs864
L1 Cache64 KB384 KB
L2 Cache128 KB1024 KB

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
InterfaceMXMPCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1753 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s112.2 GB/s
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 support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA2.15.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 February 2011 26 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

GTX 960 OEM has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between NVS 4200M and GeForce GTX 960 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that NVS 4200M is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 960 OEM is a desktop one.

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