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 MX550
CORE STATE
TU117SB
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1320 MHz
TDP
25 W
BUS WIDTH
64 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Turing
PROCESS
12 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 960
MX550
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
1,024
0.0%
Shaders
1,024
1,024
0.0%
TMUs
64
32
-50.0%
ROPs
32
16
-50.0%
SM Count
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16
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
1065 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1320 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
1500 MHz
12 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
2 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
2,048
0.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128 bit
64 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
96.00 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
21.12 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
42.24 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
2.703 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
42.24 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)
Power
TDP
120 W
25 W
TDP (W)
120
25
-79.2%
Suggested PSU
300 W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Turing
GPU Name
GM206
TU117SB
Generation
GeForce 900
GeForce MX
(5xx)
Process Size
28 nm
12 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
4,700 million
Die Size
228 mm²
200 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
23.5M / 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
7.5
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 4.0 x8
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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