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
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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 (220 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+79%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+106%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+89%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+77%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+76%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+69%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+48%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+40%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+45%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+44%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 960 (+39%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+36%)
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+33%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+19%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+15%)
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+22%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+23%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 960 (+19%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Radeon RX 460
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Wins!
Based on 217 benchmarks across 74 games
31
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 960
VS
+48.2%
21
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
216
Wins
31
Avg FPS
26
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 460
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
1
Wins
21
Avg FPS
17
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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