GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
4195
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GM206
N17P-G0 Max-Q
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2015
January 2018
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1139 - 1328 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
999 - 1189 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
-
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
1,700 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
3,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
640
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
34 - 40 Watt
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
53.12
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
112.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.2.131
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-