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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R9 M485X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R9 M485X. 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 960M and Radeon R9 M485X. 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 960M and Radeon R9 M485X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R9 M485X 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 R9 M485X here:

    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M485X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon R9 M485X
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB MB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M485X has 233% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon R9 M485X has 4 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M485X - with GCN 3.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960M is 373 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M485X.
    • GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R9 M485X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M485X is 2500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 24−27
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 14−16
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 10−11
    4K / 2160p 4−5 6−7
    low / 720p 35−40 45−50
    medium / 1080p 21−24 30−35
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M485X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon R9 M485X
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 3
    Code name N16P-GX Amethyst
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 14 May 2016
    Pipelines 640 2048
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz 723 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 92.54
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 2,961 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 5000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
    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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