Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 960

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking342not rated
Place by popularity55not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.10no data
Power efficiency9.02no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM206Tropo
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 January 2015 (9 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1024640
Core clock speed1127 MHz775 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate75.3932.00
Floating-point processing power2.413 TFLOPS1.024 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs6440

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)400 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 January 2015 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

GTX 960 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

R9 M370X Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960 and Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960 is a desktop card while Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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