GeForce GTS 360M vs Radeon HD 6950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 6950. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 6950. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce GTS 360M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTS 360M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTS 360M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 360M Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 38 Watt 500 Watt
Interface MXM-II PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 1215% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 360M.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is connected by MXM-II, and Radeon HD 6950 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6950 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 360M.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6950 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTS 360M is build with GT2xx architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 6950 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 27−30
medium / 1080p 0−1 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than GeForce GTS 360M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 360M Radeon HD 6950
Architecture GT2xx TeraScale 3
Code name N11E-GS1 Cayman
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 January 2010 14 December 2010
Pipelines 96 1408
Core clock speed 1436 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 727 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 17.60 70.40
Floating-point performance 275.71 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1 5.0
OpenGL 2.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 96
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options +
HDMI + +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 244 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Gigaflops 413
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
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