GMA 950 vs GeForce GTX 960M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	484	not rated
Place by popularity	93	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.58	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Generation 3.5 (2005)
GPU code name	GM107	Lakeport
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	1 May 2005 (19 years ago)

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 cores	640	no data
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	166 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	7 Watt
Texture fill rate	47.04	0.66
Floating-point processing power	1.505 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	1
TMUs	40	4

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP
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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
BatteryBoost	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0c
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 March 2015	1 May 2005
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	7 Watt

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