AMD Radeon RX 470 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores211.2 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 470
VS
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 470
4GB GDDR5 120W N/A Aug 2016
Radeon RX 470
$179 • Aug 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jan 2015
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 470 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1206 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 112.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1650 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 38.59 GPixel/s | 37.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 211.2 GTexel/s | 112.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.94 GFLOPS | 2.413 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 2940 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3498 (+60%)
AMD Radeon RX 470
2183
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
31382 (+54%)
AMD Radeon RX 470
20370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 470
31.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
7968 (+30%)
AMD Radeon RX 470
6108
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Game Benchmarks Comparison (221 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 470 (+10%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 470
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce GTX 960 (+3%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 470
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 960 (+3%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 470 (+13%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 470 (+14%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 470 (+9%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+35%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+43%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+38%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 470 (+40%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 470 (+41%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+47%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+50%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+69%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+67%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+61%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+63%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+68%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 470 Wins!
Based on 219 benchmarks across 74 games
42
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 470
VS
+32.3%
31
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
203
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
93%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
9
Wins
31
Avg FPS
26
Min FPS
4%
Win Rate
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