NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
  • 5.9x better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3366 vs 532
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 152
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10985 vs 2387
  • 10.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 5.055
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 215.004
  • 5.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 0.635
  • 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 10.393
  • 8.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 19.903
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 967
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2766
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 967
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2766
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 22 March 2012
Pipelines 640 vs 96
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3366 vs 532
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 10985 vs 2387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 vs 5.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 vs 215.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 vs 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 vs 10.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 vs 19.903
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 vs 967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 2766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 vs 967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 2766

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3366
532
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
245
152
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10985
2387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.294
5.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
795.325
215.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.692
0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.794
10.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
174.513
19.903
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3359
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3366 532
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 10985 2387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 5.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 215.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 10.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 19.903
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1231 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name GM107 GF108
Launch date 13 March 2015 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 735 1390
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1096 MHz
CUDA cores 640 96
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 96
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
DirectX 11.2 12 API
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3\GDDR5
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
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11