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
Quadro M5000
CORE STATE
GM204
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1038 MHz
TDP
150 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 960
Quadro M5000
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
2,048
+100.0%
Shaders
1,024
2,048
+100.0%
TMUs
64
128
+100.0%
ROPs
32
64
+100.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
861 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1038 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
1653 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
8 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
8,192
+300.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
211.6 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
66.43 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
132.9 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
4.252 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
132.9 GFLOPS (1:32)
Power
TDP
120 W
150 W
TDP (W)
120
150
+25.0%
Suggested PSU
300 W
450 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GM206
GM204
Generation
GeForce 900
Quadro Maxwell
(Mx000)
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
5,200 million
Die Size
228 mm²
398 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
13.1M / 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
5.2
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
241 mm
9.5 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
—
111 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI4x DisplayPort 1.2
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
—
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 700
Quadro Kepler
Successor
GeForce 10
Quadro Pascal