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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 480 mobile. 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 RX 480 mobile. 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 RX 480 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 RX 480 mobile here:

    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops
    Radeon RX 480 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon RX 480 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 5500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 12−14
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 7−8
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 35−40 27−30
    medium / 1080p 21−24 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon RX 480 mobile
    Architecture Maxwell Polaris
    Code name N16P-GX Polaris
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 1 August 2016
    Pipelines 640 2304
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz 1077 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 5,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 155.1
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 4,963 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 8000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.4
    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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