GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
CORE STATE
GM206
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1178 MHz
TDP
120 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce MX230
CORE STATE
GP108
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1531 MHz
TDP
10 W
BUS WIDTH
64 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Pascal
PROCESS
14 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2019
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 960
MX230
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
256
-75.0%
Shaders
1,024
256
-75.0%
TMUs
64
16
-75.0%
ROPs
32
16
-50.0%
SM Count
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2
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
1519 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1531 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
2 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
2,048
0.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
64 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
48.06 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
48 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
512 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
24.50 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
24.50 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
783.9 GFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
24.50 GFLOPS (1:32)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
12.25 GFLOPS (1:64)
Power
TDP
120 W
10 W
TDP (W)
120
10
-91.7%
Suggested PSU
300 W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Pascal
GPU Name
GM206
GP108
Generation
GeForce 900
GeForce MX
(2xx)
Process Size
28 nm
14 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
1,800 million
Die Size
228 mm²
74 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Density
12.9M / mm²
24.3M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
6.1
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
IGP
Length
241 mm
9.5 inches
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Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x4
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
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Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 700
—
Successor
GeForce 10
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