GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R6 Carrizo, 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 R6 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R6 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R6 Carrizo 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 R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 960M Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 960M has 525% more power consumption, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R6 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 0−1
ultra / 1080p 10−11 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 10−12
medium / 1080p 21−24 2−3
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 400% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960M Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name N16P-GX Carrizo
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2015 4 June 2015
Pipelines 640 384
Core clock speed 1096 MHz
Boost Clock 1202 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 47.04
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 175 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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