GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GTX 680MX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GTX 680MX
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 680MX
4266
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 680MX
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GM206
-
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2015
October 2012
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
720 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
1536
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
3540 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1536
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
122 Watt
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
92.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
160 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
-
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
-
Vulkan
+
-
3D Vision
-
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
-
+