NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

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

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2304

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2070

$261.99 Oct 2018 View Details

$675.00

$261.99

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

2GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jan 2015

GeForce GTX 960

$199 • Jan 2015

GeForce RTX 2070

$499 • Oct 2018

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

8GB GDDR6 175W $261.99 Oct 2018

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

2183

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

8494 (+289%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

20370

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

97923 (+381%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

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

100.2 FPS (+222%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

6108

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

16132 (+164%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)

Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Frozenbyte

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2070 (+244%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+248%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+269%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 41 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 2070 (+190%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+216%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+343%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 23 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 2070 (+217%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+213%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+236%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 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 2070 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 960 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2070 (+20%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2070 (+114%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 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 2070 (+452%)

AVG 160 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2070 (+382%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2070 (+482%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Sinking City

7 2021 • Action, Adventure • Frogwares

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+213%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+196%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2070 (+236%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce GTX 960

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Wins!

Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 960

+194.8%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2070