GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GTX 560M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GTX 560M
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 560M
1281
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 560M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM206
N12E-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2015
May 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
2-way
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
775 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
192
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
192
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
24.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
Up to 192 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
Up to 60 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 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
-
+