GeForce GT 635M vs GeForce GTX 960M

GeForce GT 635M
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 22 Mar 2012
GeForce GT 635M
GeForce GTX 960M
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5MOBILE
Release date: 13 Mar 2015
GeForce GTX 960M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 635M
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    501%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 635M

40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 960M .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960M

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 401% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 960M

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960M

The GeForce GTX 960M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 635MGeForce GTX 960M
GPU NameGF116 (N12E-GE2-A1)vsGM107 (N16P-GX-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size238 mm²vs148 mm²
Transistors1,170 millionvs1,870 million
Shaders144vs640
Compute Units3vs5
Core clock650 MHzvs1097 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs24vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 635MGeForce GTX 960M
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 635MGeForce GTX 960M
TDP35 wattsvs75 watts
Release Date22 Mar 2012vs13 Mar 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 635M
    3.90 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    17.55 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 635M
    15.60 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    43.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 635M
    28.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    80.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 635M
    388.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    1404.20 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 635M
    1060
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    5320

Points (higher is better)

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