NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 960

nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2304
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2070

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
GeForce RTX 2070
$499 • Oct 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 120 W | 175 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112.2 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 36 |
| TMUs | 64 | 144 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 37.7 GPixel/s | 103.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 112.2 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.413 GFLOPS | 7.465 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 4.00 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)



Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince



Chernobylite Complete Edition



Devil's Hunt



Beyond Two Souls



Wolfenstein Youngblood



The Sinking City
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Wins!
Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
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