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
GPU 1
GPU 2
3377
3818
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
246
333
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10958
15023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.294
46.273
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
795.325
777.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.692
3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.794
38.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
174.513
82.511
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1231
1611
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
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

Essentials

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

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

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 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

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

Memory

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

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