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    GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs GeForce GTX 960M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and GeForce GTX 960M. 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 GTX 1050 mobile and GeForce GTX 960M. 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.
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    GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and GeForce GTX 960M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and GeForce GTX 960M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GTX 1050 mobile or GeForce GTX 960M here:

    GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Laptops
    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 mobile GeForce GTX 960M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 960M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and GeForce GTX 960M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and GeForce GTX 960M - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 258 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and GeForce GTX 960M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 4508 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 14−16 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 8−9 4−5
    4K / 2160p 6−7 4−5
    low / 720p 40−45 35−40
    medium / 1080p 27−30 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 25% more, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 mobile GeForce GTX 960M
    Architecture Pascal Maxwell
    Code name GP107B N16P-GX
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 3 January 2017 12 March 2015
    Pipelines 640 640
    Core clock speed 1354 MHz 1096 MHz
    Boost Clock 1493 MHz 1202 MHz
    Transistor count 3,300 million 1,870 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 59.72 47.04
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 2500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 80 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
    CUDA + +
    CUDA cores 640 640
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    HDCP 2.2
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 175 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    GameStream + +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 3.0 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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