amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4608
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Radeon RX 6800 XT
$649 • Oct 2020
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 300 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 112.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | 72 | N/A |
| TMUs | 288 | 64 |
| ROPs | 128 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 288 GPixel/s | 37.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 512 GTexel/s | 112.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 20.74 GFLOPS | 2.413 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 26800 Million | 2940 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
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