GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce GTS 250M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce GTS 250M
GeForce GTX 960M
3496
GeForce GTS 250M
570
GeForce GTX 960M
GeForce GTS 250M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N16P-GX
N10E-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2015
June 2009
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options
+
+
MXM Type
-
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Boost clock speed
1202 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1096 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
640
96
Floating-point performance
1,505 gflops
240 gflops
Gigaflops
-
360
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
96
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
28 Watt
Texture fill rate
47.04
16.00
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
Up to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
80 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-
Power management
-
8.0