GeForce GTX 960M vs P106 090

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960M and P106 090, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 960M stacks up against P106 090, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 960M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 960M 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 GTX 960M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 960M P106 090
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • GeForce GTX 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and P106 090 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 960M has 1 GB more memory, than P106 090.
  • GeForce GTX 960M is used in Laptops, and P106 090 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and P106 090 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of P106 090 is 258 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.
  • GeForce GTX 960M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and P106 090 - by 16 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of P106 090 is 5508 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 14−16
ultra / 1080p 10−11 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 21−24 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than P106 090.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960M P106 090
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name N16P-GX GP106
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2015 31 July 2017
Pipelines 640 768
Core clock speed 1096 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 1202 MHz 1531 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 16 nm
Texture fill rate 47.04 73.49
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 2,352 gflops
Length 250 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 192.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA + 6.1
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 175 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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