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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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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
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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 | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB/s | vs | 112.2 GB/s | Around 20% higher memory bandwidth | |||
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| Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
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| Significantly better PassMark score | 5,813 | vs | 2,594 | Around 2.2x better PassMark score | |||
| Significantly better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 32,987 | vs | 23,860 | Around 40% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Significantly better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 32,171 | vs | 16,393 | More than 95% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Much higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 4,200 MHz | More than 65% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Significantly better 3DMark06 score | 10,767.5 | vs | 4,218 | More than 2.5x better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Higher clock speed | 1,127 MHz | vs | 930 MHz | More than 20% higher clock speed | |||
| Much higher battlefield 3 framerate | 80 | vs | 45 | Around 80% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| More memory | 2,048 MB | vs | 1,024 MB | 2x more memory | |||
| Much higher memory clock speed | 1,753 MHz | vs | 1,050 MHz | More than 65% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Better T-Rex score | 3.92 frames/s | vs | 1.35 frames/s | Around 3x better T-Rex score | |||
| Higher texture rate | 72.1 GTexel/s | vs | 52.08 GTexel/s | Around 40% higher texture rate | |||
| Significantly better PassMark direct compute score | 3,046 | vs | 1,156 | Around 2.8x better PassMark direct compute score | |||
| Better cloud gate factor score | 20.16 | vs | 18.25 | More than 10% better cloud gate factor score | |||
| Lower TDP | 120W | vs | 151W | More than 20% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 6870 vs GeForce GTX 960
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench
Particle 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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