GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon Pro Vega 16

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon Pro Vega 16, 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 Radeon Pro Vega 16, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon Pro Vega 16 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon Pro Vega 16 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 960M or Radeon Pro Vega 16 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 960M Radeon Pro Vega 16
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
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 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro Vega 16 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon Pro Vega 16 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 960M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro Vega 16 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 16 - with Vega.
  • GeForce GTX 960M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 16 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960M is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 16.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 24−27
ultra / 1080p 10−11 14−16
QHD / 1440p 4−5 9−10
4K / 2160p 4−5 6−7
low / 720p 35−40 45−50
medium / 1080p 21−24 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Vega 16 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than GeForce GTX 960M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960M Radeon Pro Vega 16
Architecture Maxwell Vega
Code name N16P-GX Vega Mobile
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 12 March 2015 15 November 2018
Pipelines 640 1024
Core clock speed 1096 MHz
Boost Clock 1202 MHz 1190 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 47.04 76.16
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 1024 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 307.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 175 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
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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