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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 5500 XT. 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 5500 XT. 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 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:

    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon RX 5500 XT
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 130 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon RX 5500 XT has 73% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 5500 XT uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon RX 5500 XT has 4 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - with RDNA 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500 XT - by 7 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500 XT is 11500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 45−50
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 30−35
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 24−27
    4K / 2160p 4−5 14−16
    low / 720p 35−40 70−75
    medium / 1080p 21−24 55−60
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 156% more, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon RX 5500 XT
    Architecture Maxwell RDNA 1.0
    Code name N16P-GX Navi 14
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 12 March 2015 12 December 2019
    Pipelines 640 1408
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz 1845 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 162.4
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops
    Length 180 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 14000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.5
    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
    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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