nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory896
Cores112 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2GB GDDR5 120W $199 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
VS
Radeon RX 460
$ • Aug 2016
AMD Radeon RX 460
2GB GDDR5 75W $ Aug 2016
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon RX 460 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 75 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112.2 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 896 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 37.7 GPixel/s | 19.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 112.2 GTexel/s | 112 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.413 GFLOPS | 2.15 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 2940 Million | 3000 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
2183 (+31%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
1667
AMD Radeon RX 460
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
20370 (+14%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
17802
AMD Radeon RX 460
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
31.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 460
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
6108 (+49%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
4102
AMD Radeon RX 460
Game Benchmarks Comparison (121 benchmarks)
Project CARS 2
7.1 2017 • Racing Slightly Mad Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+58%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+44%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+60%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 10 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
7.9 2017 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+47%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+54%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+46%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
7.5 2017 • Action Arkane Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+73%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+75%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+56%)
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
ReCore: Definitive Edition
7.9 2018 • Action, Adventure Armature Studio, LLC, Comcept
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+58%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+59%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+64%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
ARK: Survival Evolved
6.1 2017 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Massively Multiplayer Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+50%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+50%)
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 8 FPS
MIN 7 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+20%)
AVG 6 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 5 FPS
MIN 4 FPS
Winner
Loser
>observer_
6.5 2017 • Adventure, Indie Bloober Team SA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+61%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+60%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+56%)
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 7 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Wins!
Based on 121 benchmarks across 41 games
29
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 960
VS
+50.9%
19
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
119
Wins
29
Avg FPS
24
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 460
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
1
Wins
19
Avg FPS
15
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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