nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
amd
Brand16GB HBM2
Memory3840
Cores1020 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon VII
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2GB GDDR5 120W $199 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
VS
Radeon VII
$699 • Feb 2019
AMD Radeon VII
16GB HBM2 295W $699 Feb 2019
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon VII |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | HBM2 |
| TDP | 120 W | 295 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112.2 GB/s | 1020 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 5.1 |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 3840 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 240 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 4096-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 37.7 GPixel/s | 112 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 112.2 GTexel/s | 420 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.413 GFLOPS | 13.44 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | 331 mm² |
| Transistors | 2940 Million | 13230 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 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
2183
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
9396 (+330%)
AMD Radeon VII
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
20370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
91653 (+350%)
AMD Radeon VII
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
118.2 FPS (+280%)
AMD Radeon VII
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
6108
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
16396 (+168%)
AMD Radeon VII
Game Benchmarks Comparison (45 benchmarks)
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
Radeon VII (+263%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 132 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+278%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+315%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+179%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+211%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+371%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 7 FPS
MIN 3 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+200%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+196%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+227%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond: Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
Radeon VII
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 960 (+15%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon VII (+0%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 960 (+0%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon VII (+39%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
7.3 2019 • Action Machine Games, Arkane Studios
1080p
| high
Radeon VII (+490%)
AVG 171 FPS
MIN 138 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon VII (+441%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon VII (+536%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City
7 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+206%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+196%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon VII (+245%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon VII Wins!
Based on 45 benchmarks across 15 games
26
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 960
VS
+204.1%
78
Avg FPS
Radeon VII
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
1
Wins
26
Avg FPS
21
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon VII
AMD • 16GB HBM2
43
Wins
78
Avg FPS
64
Min FPS
96%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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