NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 475 MHz
2.5x more boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 475 MHz
24.8x more texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
53.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 800 MHz
32.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 105
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	1096 MHz vs 475 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	245 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

245

228

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	245	228
Geekbench - OpenCL	11010
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1231

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	R500
Code name	GM107	M66
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	763	760
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	475 MHz
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	475 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	12
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Powerplay 6.0