HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) vs GeForce GTX 960M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 960M and HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 960M
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
8.75
+1289%

GTX 960M outperforms HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) by a whopping 1289% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4851189
Place by popularity93not in top-100
Power efficiency8.42no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2012)
GPU code nameGM107Ivy Bridge GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)1 October 2012 (12 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 cores6406
Core clock speed1096 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate47.04no data
Floating-point processing power1.505 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no data

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)no 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth80 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data
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+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 960M 8.75
+1289%
HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) 0.63

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 960M 5278
+1576%
HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) 315

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 960M 4318
+1412%
HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) 286

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 960M 30086
+1216%
HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) 2286

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p95
+1483%
6−7
−1483%
Full HD34
+325%
8
−325%
1440p14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
4K130−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 25
+525%
4−5
−525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Battlefield 5 30
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Far Cry 5 28
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 31
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+1300%
6−7
−1300%
Hitman 3 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+355%
10−12
−355%
Metro Exodus 31
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 48
+700%
6−7
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+96.7%
30−33
−96.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+675%
4−5
−675%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Battlefield 5 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Far Cry 5 24
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Far Cry New Dawn 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Forza Horizon 4 71
+1320%
5−6
−1320%
Hitman 3 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+355%
10−12
−355%
Metro Exodus 26
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+383%
6−7
−383%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 73
+630%
10−11
−630%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+96.7%
30−33
−96.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 11
+175%
4−5
−175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Far Cry 5 18
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Forza Horizon 4 25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Hitman 3 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+355%
10−12
−355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+383%
6−7
−383%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+40%
10−11
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+96.7%
30−33
−96.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 15
+1400%
1−2
−1400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 45
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Hitman 3 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Metro Exodus 15
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+5500%
1−2
−5500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 7 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Metro Exodus 8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

This is how GTX 960M and HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) compete in popular games:

  • GTX 960M is 1483% faster in 900p
  • GTX 960M is 325% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 960M is 1300% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 960M is 5500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 960M surpassed HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.75 0.63
Recency 13 March 2015 1 October 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm

GTX 960M has a 1288.9% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge), on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 960M is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) in performance tests.


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