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    GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon RX 5500M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 5500M, 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 RX 5500M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 5500M 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 5500M here:

    GeForce GTX 960M Laptops
    Radeon RX 5500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon RX 5500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 85 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon RX 5500M has 13% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon RX 5500M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 231 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.
    • GeForce GTX 960M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 11500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 7−8
    4K / 2160p 4−5 5−6
    low / 720p 35−40 40−45
    medium / 1080p 21−24 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than GeForce GTX 960M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960M Radeon RX 5500M
    Architecture Maxwell Navi / RDNA
    Code name N16P-GX Navi 14 / R19M-E85
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 29 September 2019
    Pipelines 640 1408
    Core clock speed 1096 MHz 1327 MHz
    Boost Clock 1202 MHz 1645 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 47.04 144.8
    Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops
    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 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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