NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 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 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 31.36 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3366 vs 1713
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10985 vs 4928
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 12.449
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 455.796
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 1.295
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 24.566
  • 6.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 28.025
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 3093
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3504
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 3093
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3504
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 25 June 2013
Core clock speed 1096 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s vs 31.36 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3366 vs 1713
Geekbench - OpenCL 10985 vs 4928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 vs 12.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 vs 455.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 vs 1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 vs 24.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 vs 28.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 vs 3093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3504
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 vs 3093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3504
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3344

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M

  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 333 vs 245
  • Around 74% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2148 vs 1231
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 333 vs 245
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2148 vs 1231

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3366
1713
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
245
333
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10985
4928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.294
12.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
795.325
455.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.692
1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.794
24.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
174.513
28.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
3093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3504
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
3093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3504
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3344
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1231
2148
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3366 1713
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 333
Geekbench - OpenCL 10985 4928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 12.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 455.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 24.566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 28.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 3093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3504
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 3093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3504
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3344
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1231 2148

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM107 GK107
Launch date 13 March 2015 25 June 2013
Place in performance rating 735 934
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1096 MHz 980 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 384
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s 31.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1 Up to 3840x2160
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1 Up to 2048x1536
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

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 Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
Direct Compute
FXAA