NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

nvidia

Brand

2GB GDDR5

Memory

1024

Cores

112.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 960

N/A Jan 2015 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

2816

Cores

336.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

N/A Jun 2015 View Details

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

2GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jan 2015

GeForce GTX 960

$199 • Jan 2015

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

$649 • Jun 2015

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

6GB GDDR5 250W N/A Jun 2015

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory Size	2 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
TDP	120 W	250 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1178 MHz	1076 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	112.2 GB/s	336.6 GB/s
Process Size	28nm	28nm
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Shading Units	1024	2816
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	64	176
ROPs	32	96
Memory Bus	128-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1753 MHz	1753 MHz
Pixel Rate	37.7 GPixel/s	103.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	112.2 GTexel/s	336.6 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	2.413 GFLOPS	6.06 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	228 mm²	601 mm²
Transistors	2940 Million	8000 Million
Required PSU	300 W	600 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 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

6010 (+175%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

20370

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

49950 (+145%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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

73.4 FPS (+136%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

6108

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

13771 (+125%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Game Benchmarks Comparison (221 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+116%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+114%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 137 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+114%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 72 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 Ti (+84%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+114%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+118%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 44 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 Ti (+116%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+111%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+113%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 27 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 Ti (+115%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+113%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+113%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 30 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 Ti (+116%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+119%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+113%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 30 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 Ti (+116%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+113%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+111%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Wins!

Based on 219 benchmarks across 74 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 960

+110.7%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti