nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory512
Cores112 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon 550X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
Radeon 550X
$ • Mar 2019
AMD Radeon 550X
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon 550X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 50 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1218 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112.2 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 512 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 37.7 GPixel/s | 19.49 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 112.2 GTexel/s | 112 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.413 GFLOPS | 1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 0.50 MB |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | 103 mm² |
| Transistors | 2940 Million | 2200 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon 550X
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon 550X
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon 550X
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon 550X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon 550X
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
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