
GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GeForce GTX 960M
3496
GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
9330
GeForce GTX 960M
GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
N16P-GX
GP106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2015
December 2017
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1202 MHz
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
1096 MHz
1506 MHz
CUDA cores
640
-
Floating-point performance
1,505 gflops
4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
47.04
136.7
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
5 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
160 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
80 GB/s
160.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.131
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-