UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU) vs GeForce GTX 960M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking488not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.08no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGM107Lakefield GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)28 May 2020 (4 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 cores64048
Core clock speed1096 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt7 Watt
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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
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+-
Quick Syncno data+
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 28 May 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 7 Watt

UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU) has an age advantage of 5 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 971.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960M and UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU). We've got no test results to judge.


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