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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R7 250

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R7 250, 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 R7 250, check out specs charts below.
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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 R7 250
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors N/A
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 960M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 250 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960M is 1350 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

    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 5−6
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon R7 250.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon R7 250
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N16P-GX Oland XT
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 12 March 2015 1 October 2013
    Pipelines 640 384
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz 1050 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 25.20
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 716.8 gflops
    Length 168 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1150 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 72 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI + +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 175 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
    AppAcceleration +
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