NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

337
Place in performance rating
726
3.43
Value for money (0-100)
12.66
Maxwell
Architecture
Kepler
GM107
Code name
GK107
Laptop
Type
Mobile workstation
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
1 June 2012 (9 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$119.90
$799
Price now
$232 (1.9x MSRP)
2.15
Value for money
0.25
N16P-GX
GPU code name
N14P-Q1
Laptop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
192
1096 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
1176 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,870 million
Transistor count
1,270 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
47.04
Texture fill rate
13.60
1,505 gflops
Floating-point performance
326.4 gflops
640
CUDA cores
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
1202 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,870 million
Number of transistors
1,270 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
45 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
medium sized
Laptop size
medium sized
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
80 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
HDMI
no data
+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M 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 960M or NVIDIA Quadro K1000M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
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 960M

12.63% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 192)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (80 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

Cheaper ($232 (1.9x MSRP) vs $799)

Less power consumption (45 Watt vs 75 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M or NVIDIA Quadro K1000M?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M versus NVIDIA Quadro K1000M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro K1000M