GeForce GTX 960 and GM20B - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 960
GM20B
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name
GM206
GM20B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2015
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
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Core clock speed
1127 MHz
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CUDA cores
1024
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Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
20 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
2,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
256
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
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Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
5.3
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.0
Vulkan
+
1.1
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
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PureVideo HD
-
VP9