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Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 based on its benchmarks, compute performance and noise and power.
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Released January, 2015
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
- 1.1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
7.5 Out of 10
by techPowerUp!Out of the box it runs a large overclock of 1215 MHz base clock, boosting up to 1456 MHz.
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Released August, 2012
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
- 823 MHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
7.1 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)The game graphics are, even today, top notch, yet the game still runs well on most computers.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 960 vs 660 among Desktop GPUs
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 7.5 | Overall Score |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 32,987 | vs | 6,850 | More than 4.8x better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 1,127 MHz | vs | 823 MHz | More than 35% higher clock speed | |||
| Better PassMark score | 5,813 | vs | 4,121 | More than 40% better PassMark score | |||
| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 32,171 | vs | 25,130 | Around 30% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 5,600 MHz | More than 25% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Much higher battlefield 3 framerate | 80 | vs | 50 | 60% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 36.1 GPixel/s | vs | 19.75 GPixel/s | Around 85% higher pixel rate | |||
| Higher turbo clock speed | 1,178 MHz | vs | 888 MHz | Around 35% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Significantly higher memory clock speed | 1,753 MHz | vs | 1,400 MHz | More than 25% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Better PassMark direct compute score | 3,046 | vs | 1,948 | More than 55% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
| Slightly better bitcoin mining score | 111.95 mHash/s | vs | 67.94 mHash/s | Around 65% better bitcoin mining score | |||
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| Significantly better 3DMark06 score | 18,060 | vs | 10,767.5 | Around 70% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Significantly higher memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | vs | 112.2 GB/s | Around 60% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| More texture mapping units | 96 | vs | 64 | 32 more texture mapping units | |||
| Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 960 vs 660
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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