NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 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) 0 month(s) later
- Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 954 MHz
- Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 993 MHz
- Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 122 Watt
- Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 46.273
- Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 777.677
- Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 38.196
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 82.511
- Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 4501
- Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 4501
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 12 March 2014 |
Core clock speed | 1096 MHz vs 954 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz vs 993 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 122 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 54.294 vs 46.273 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.325 vs 777.677 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.794 vs 38.196 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 174.513 vs 82.511 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5264 vs 4501 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3356 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5264 vs 4501 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3356 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
- 2.7x more texture fill rate: 127.1 GTexel / s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
- 2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
- 2x better floating-point performance: 3,050 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3818 vs 3377
- Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 333 vs 246
- Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15023 vs 10958
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.914 vs 3.692
- Around 31% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1611 vs 1231
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 127.1 GTexel / s vs 47.04 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1536 vs 640 |
Floating-point performance | 3,050 gflops vs 1,505 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3818 vs 3377 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 333 vs 246 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 15023 vs 10958 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.914 vs 3.692 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 vs 3714 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 vs 3714 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1611 vs 1231 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3377 | 3818 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 246 | 333 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 10958 | 15023 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 54.294 | 46.273 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.325 | 777.677 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.692 | 3.914 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.794 | 38.196 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 174.513 | 82.511 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5264 | 4501 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 | 3718 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3356 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5264 | 4501 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 | 3718 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3356 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1231 | 1611 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | Kepler |
Code name | GM107 | GK104 |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 12 March 2014 |
Place in performance rating | 774 | 775 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | 993 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1096 MHz | 954 MHz |
CUDA cores | 640 | 1536 |
Floating-point performance | 1,505 gflops | 3,050 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | 1536 |
Texture fill rate | 47.04 GTexel / s | 127.1 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 122 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 3,540 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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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 |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-B (3.0) |
Laptop size | medium sized | large |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 80 GB / s | 160.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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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 | ||
Direct Compute | ||
FXAA | ||
TXAA |