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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M is a graphics card released on March 12, 2015, built on the Maxwell architecture. It has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 80.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a 65 W board power rating. It scores 3,374 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenCL 1.2.

MaxwellGM107

8/10 key specs recorded · 24 facts

Depth: 35 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

65 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M scores 3,374 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 74.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #706), measured across 10,418 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 244.

PassMark G3D Mark

3,374

Rank #706
Faster than 74.7% of 2,658 GPUs
10,418 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 59 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 62.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 58.1% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 24 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 54.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 15 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 47.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,341 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 55.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M averages DirectX 9 59 fps, DirectX 10 16 fps, DirectX 11 24 fps, DirectX 12 15 fps and GPU Compute 1,341 ops/s, across 10,418 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 1097 MHz

Memory clock 1253 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 65 W

First benchmarked 2015-04-02

Samples 10,418

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 1097 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2015-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Maxwell

Codename GM107

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M is based on the Maxwell architecture and uses the GM107 graphics processor.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 80.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 80.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M has a board power rating of 65 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 65 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched March 12, 2015

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M was released on March 12, 2015.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 3,374

PassMark G2D 244

Rank #706

Samples 10,418

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M supports DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenCL 1.2.

DirectX 12 (FL 11_0)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

OpenCL 1.2

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 80.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M has a board power rating of 65 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M scores 3,374 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 74.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #706. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 15 fps.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M use?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M released?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M was released on March 12, 2015.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: Maxwell (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GM107 -> Maxwell. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.