NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX150 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 MX150

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 12x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • 716x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.965 vs 35.338
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3335
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3691
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3335
  • 6.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 999 vs 162
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 22 January 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.965 vs 35.338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 999 vs 162

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 937 MHz
  • Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 46.98 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 2259
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 213
  • Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 9584
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 45.905
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 792.44 vs 495.238
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 2.365
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 200.825 vs 145.794
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 4330
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 4330
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1127 MHz vs 937 MHz
Boost clock speed 1178 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Texture fill rate 72 billion / sec vs 46.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2,413 gflops vs 1,127 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6111 vs 2259
PassMark - G2D Mark 673 vs 213
Geekbench - OpenCL 18734 vs 9584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 73.733 vs 45.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 792.44 vs 495.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.888 vs 2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 200.825 vs 145.794
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7218 vs 4330
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7218 vs 4330

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2259
6111
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
673
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9584
18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
45.905
73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
495.238
792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.365
4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.965
35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.794
200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4330
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4330
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
999
162
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark - G3D Mark 2259 6111
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 673
Geekbench - OpenCL 9584 18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 45.905 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 495.238 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.365 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.965 35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 145.794 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4330 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4330 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 999 162

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP108 GM206
Launch date 17 May 2017 22 January 2015
Place in performance rating 875 514
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $229.99
Value for money (0-100) 34.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 937 MHz 1127 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,127 gflops 2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 1024
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel / s 72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 2,940 million
CUDA cores 1024

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
SLI options 2x

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB / s 112 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost