NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

nvidia

Brand

2GB GDDR5

Memory

1024

Cores

112.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 960

N/A Jan 2015 View Details

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR6

Memory

1920

Cores

336 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2060

N/A Jan 2019 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

2GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jan 2015

GeForce GTX 960

$199 • Jan 2015

GeForce RTX 2060

$349 • Jan 2019

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

6GB GDDR6 160W N/A Jan 2019

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Memory Size	2 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	120 W	160 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1178 MHz	1680 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	112.2 GB/s	336 GB/s
Process Size	28nm	12nm
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Turing
Shading Units	1024	1920
RT Cores	N/A	30
TMUs	64	120
ROPs	32	48
Memory Bus	128-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1753 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	37.7 GPixel/s	80.64 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	112.2 GTexel/s	336 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	2.413 GFLOPS	6.451 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	228 mm²	445 mm²
Transistors	2940 Million	10800 Million
Required PSU	300 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
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

7379 (+238%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

20370

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

78934 (+288%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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

89.8 FPS (+189%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

6108

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

14122 (+131%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Game Benchmarks Comparison (51 benchmarks)

Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Frozenbyte

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+205%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+204%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+223%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 13 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Chernobylite Complete Edition Background

Chernobylite Complete Edition

8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation • The Farm 51

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+162%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+168%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+271%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 16 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

GeForce RTX 2060 (+167%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+163%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+173%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beyond Two Souls

7 2020 • Action, Adventure • Quantic Dream

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 960 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+20%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+114%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Wolfenstein Youngblood

7.3 2019 • Action • Machine Games, Arkane Studios

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+421%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+368%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2060 (+445%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Sinking City

7 2021 • Action, Adventure • Frogwares

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+169%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+157%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2060 (+173%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Wins!

Based on 51 benchmarks across 17 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 960

+158.3%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2060