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
Tesla M4
CORE STATE
GM206
VRAM
4 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1072 MHz
TDP
50 W
BUS WIDTH
128 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
Tesla M4
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
1,024
0.0%
Shaders
1,024
1,024
0.0%
TMUs
64
64
0.0%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
872 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1072 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
1375 MHz
5.5 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
4 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
4,096
+100.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
88.00 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
1024 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
34.30 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
68.61 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
2.195 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
68.61 GFLOPS (1:32)
Power
TDP
120 W
50 W
TDP (W)
120
50
-58.3%
Suggested PSU
300 W
250 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
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Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GM206
GM206
Generation
GeForce 900
Tesla Maxwell
(Mxx)
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
2,940 million
Die Size
228 mm²
228 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
12.9M / 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
Single-slot
Length
241 mm
9.5 inches
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Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
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Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 700
Tesla Kepler
Successor
GeForce 10
Tesla Pascal