NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

223
Place in performance rating
984
60.47
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
G8x
GM206
Code name
G84
Desktop
Type
Laptop
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
13 March 2008 (13 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$180
10.46
Value for money
0.02
GM206
GPU code name
NB9P-GS1
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
32
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
625 MHz
1178 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,940 million
Transistor count
289 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
29 Watt
72 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
10.00
2,413 gflops
Floating-point performance
80 gflops
1024
CUDA cores
32
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
1178 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,940 million
Number of transistors
289 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
29 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
no data
1x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
400 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR2?, GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.4
OpenGL
3.3
+
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

26.42% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1024 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (112 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Cheaper ($180 vs $444 (2.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (29 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 versus NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS