GeForce 256 DDR vs GTX 960M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking485not rated
Place by popularity93not in top-100
Power efficiency8.42no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGM107NV10 A3
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)23 December 1999 (24 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 cores640no data
Core clock speed1096 MHz120 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million17 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate47.040.48
Floating-point processing power1.505 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs404

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz150 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s4.8 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA
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 Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 23 December 1999
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 220 nm

GTX 960M has an age advantage of 15 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce 256 DDR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960M is a notebook card while GeForce 256 DDR is a desktop one.


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