NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 960
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W N/A Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112.2 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 37.7 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 112.2 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.413 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 2940 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-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
3574 (+64%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
20370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
33492 (+64%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
6108
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
11113 (+82%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (221 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+67%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+66%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+67%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+67%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+66%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+68%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+67%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+64%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+63%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+67%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+66%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+67%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+68%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+69%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+67%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+68%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+66%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+63%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Wins!
Based on 222 benchmarks across 74 games
31
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 960
VS
+63.1%
51
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
0
Wins
31
Avg FPS
26
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
221
Wins
51
Avg FPS
43
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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