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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon HD 8790M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon HD 8790M. 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 HD 8790M. 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 HD 8790M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon HD 8790M 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 HD 8790M here:

    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops
    Radeon HD 8790M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon HD 8790M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-A (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 8790M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 960M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8790M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 8790M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960M is 246 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8790M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon HD 8790M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8790M is 2000 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 3−4
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 35−40 14−16
    medium / 1080p 21−24 6−7
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon HD 8790M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon HD 8790M
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N16P-GX Mars XTX
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 16 November 2012
    Pipelines 640 384
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 21.60
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 691.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 4500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 64 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    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 80 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized 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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