Average Bench: 16.4% (235th of 714)

Based on 73,363 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 139B Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GTX 960M averaged 83.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 20.5fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 21.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 960M is just 6.16%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 960M performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 19.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 19.3fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 73,363 samples)
Min Avg Max
13.2 Lighting 20.5 22.5
15.9 Reflection 19.2 25.3
14.9 Parallax 19.3 20.8
16.7% 19.7 fps
Min Avg Max
20.7 MRender 23.2 24.4
15.2 Gravity 21.5 23.3
9 Splatting 15.4 16.8
15.9% 20 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 1D6D) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.5212
Lighting 23.8
Reflection 19.4
Parallax 22.5
19% 21.9 fps
MRender 27.4
Gravity 24.6
Splatting 17.9
18% 23.3 fps
MSI(1462 1103) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.2824
Lighting 22.5
Reflection 18
Parallax 20.6
18% 20.4 fps
MRender 24.5
Gravity 23.3
Splatting 16.8
17% 21.5 fps
Dell(1028 0706) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.5222
Lighting 22
Reflection 17.6
Parallax 20.3
18% 20 fps
MRender 24
Gravity 22.6
Splatting 16.4
17% 21 fps
Dell(1028 0705) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.5212
Lighting 21.9
Reflection 17.7
Parallax 20.3
18% 20 fps
MRender 24.6
Gravity 22.5
Splatting 16.3
17% 21.1 fps
HP(103C 820D) 2GB
CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 552.22
Lighting 20.4
Reflection 25.2
Parallax 21.8
17% 22.5 fps
MRender 24.1
Gravity 22.6
Splatting 16.3
17% 21 fps
MSI(1462 115B) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.5222
Lighting 19.3
Reflection 21.1
Parallax 16.4
16% 18.9 fps
MRender 24
Gravity 23
Splatting 16.6
17% 21.2 fps
MSI(1462 1138) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.2737
Lighting 19
Reflection 24.9
Parallax 21.7
16% 21.9 fps
MRender 23.8
Gravity 21.3
Splatting 16.5
16% 20.5 fps
Asus(1043 1D6D) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.3645
Lighting 7
Reflection 10.5
Parallax 5.6
6% 7.7 fps
MRender 8
Gravity 7.8
Splatting 16.7
10% 10.8 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
Legend(17AA 3802) 14% 16% ± 1%
Dell(1028 0706) 12% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 1C5D) 9% 16% ± 3%
MSI(1462 115A) 7% 17% ± 2%
Legend(17AA 3978) 6% 17% ± 1%
Dell(1028 06E4) 5% 17% ± 1%
MSI(1462 115B) 5% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 1D6D) 4% 16% ± 3%
Asus(1043 185D) 3% 16% ± 1%
Asus(1043 1D3D) 3% 15% ± 2%
Asus(1043 1D8D) 3% 17% ± 1%
Acer(1025 1039) 2% 15% ± 3%
Acer(1025 103B) 2% 17% ± 1%
HP(103C 8257) 2% 15% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1138) 2% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 186D) 2% 15% ± 3%
Asus(1043 1420) 2% 17% ± 1%
HP(103C 820D) 2% 17% ± 1%
Dell(1028 0797) 1% 17% ± 0%
Asus(1043 18DD) 1% 17% ± 1%
Acer(1025 0926) 1% 16% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1109) 1% 16% ± 4%
Asus(1043 86C6) 1% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 11E0) 1% 15% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1139) 1% 17% ± 1%
HP(103C 820F) 1% 13% ± 4%
Asus(1043 1080) 1% 15% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0707) 1% 16% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 0150) 1% 17% ± 1%
Asus(1043 177D) 1% 16% ± 2%
Asus(1043 1090) 1% 14% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 1501) 1% 14% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 0170) 1% 18% ± 0%
Acer(1025 091D) 1% 17% ± 0%
Asus(1043 86D8) 0% 17% ± 0%
MSI(1462 AEA1) 0% 17% ± 0%
Legend(17AA 0006) 0% 17% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 1502) 0% 17% ± 0%
HP(103C 825B) 0% 13% ± 6%
HP(103C 2333) 0% 18% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 0152) 0% 18% ± 0%
Asus(1043 14E0) 0% 16% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1102) 0% 18% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 2316) 0% 17% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1103) 0% 18% ± 0%
Device(1D05 1021) 0% 17% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1107) 0% 17% ± 0%
HP(103C 8210) 0% 17% ± 0%
Asus(1043 110E) 0% 14% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1128) 0% 17% ± 0%
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Good

6 months ago.

Doesn't thermal throttle a lot


Good

1 month ago.

its good if we talk about laptop gpu


Poor

4 months ago.

Is able to run newer games on the lowest graphics, albeit very poorly and inconsistently


Good

16 months ago.

My small midget cousin has this in his laptop and he always lags. Poor baby. 1 star


Good

7 months ago.

it can run games at 720p 60fps


Good

22 months ago.

It's starting to show it's age with some newer maps on CS:GO running at about 15-30FPS which is not really playable for an FPS.


Good

20 months ago.

It's my GPU and I've never had any problem running anything so I like it.


Excellent

3 years ago.

I have it, and i genuinelly love it.


Good

4 years ago.

Don't worry if you have this GPU if your laptop has a thunderbolt like my Acer Nitro Black Edition from yesteryears and get an eGPU if you want better gaming. Otherwise, on lower settings, I have been able to play everything I wanted.


Poor

22 months ago.

can run many games med setting but only worth under 800USD price anymore money in this card is a waste


Good

6 years ago.

It's a 750ti


Average

4 years ago.

decent for gaming and code/game/web development


Terrible

4 years ago.

slow


Good

4 years ago.

It's... alright. Runs pretty much every title on the market at a playable framerate. Amazing for lower end games, and good enough for modern AAA titles. Can cause some throttling to occur though.


Good

4 years ago.

My Graphics Card of my Laptop, Works well - is enough for Unity and not heavy Gaming, but many heavyer Games Need to be on lower Quality or my Laptops goes hot :D


Average

5 years ago.

does the job well, especially when overclocked, but power consumption could be better (don't expect more than 2 hours of gaming on this even with a decent battery), and with just 2gb of VRAM, you might have to lower texture quality on most newer games (though there's a 4gb variant which I'd recommend over the 2gb)


Excellent

15 months ago.

All these people that are saying its terrible and bad, are wrong! The reason they are saying its bad, its because they probably don't have dual channel ram, which is a must with this GPU. After I upgraded my ram to dual channel my fps doubled, and it can now run every game I throw at it, atleast 60 FPS on 1080p.


Terrible

5 years ago.

fukn bad


Poor

1 month ago.

It's really obvious that this GPU is outdated.


Average

3 years ago.

Released in 2015, couple of months after the 900 series desktop cards, the GTX960M was a Maxwell, midrange laptop gaming GPU, available in 2 main configurations, 2GB GDDR5 and 4GB GDDR5 versions. In terms of gaming performance, dont expect high FPS in modern titles. From my experience, in Call of Duty Warzone, I would average about 30-40 FPS, low settings, 900p. However, this GPU can still play less demanding titles such as Sea of Thieves, State Of Decay 2, etc, with frames ranging 60+ FPS. But, If you want to continue playing the newest games with adequate framerates/resolution, an upgrade is a good idea. In terms of Overclocability, yes, this card can OC (I tried +100mhz core, +150mhz memory), however, be aware of overheating, I applied Liquid metal instead of thermal paste on my 960M in my laptop, so my temps are around 60-65 degrees for GPU under full load, but without LM, expect temps to be in the realms of 80-95 degrees (of course, depending on your laptop model). In conclusion, this GPU can game, but if you want to play the latest AAA games at decent framerates, an upgrade to a new computer would be good.


Average

13 months ago.

For use in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop? it's okay I use it to play old games like Half life 2 and other source games but i will admit, it is slow asf


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