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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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GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 6970 vs 960 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 | |
Performance per Watt | |
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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 | |
Noise and Power | |
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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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| Much better 3DMark06 score | 24,035 | vs | 10,767.5 | Around 2.2x better 3DMark06 score | |||
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| Higher memory bandwidth | 176 GB/s | vs | 112.2 GB/s | More than 55% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| More shading units | 1,536 | vs | 1,024 | 512 more shading units | |||
| More texture mapping units | 96 | vs | 64 | 32 more texture mapping units | |||
| Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
| Higher battlefield 4 framerate | 90 | vs | 58 | More than 55% higher battlefield 4 framerate | |||
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| Significantly better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 32,987 | vs | 24,035 | More than 35% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Better PassMark score | 5,813 | vs | 3,493 | More than 65% better PassMark score | |||
| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 32,171 | vs | 22,250 | Around 45% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| Higher clock speed | 1,127 MHz | vs | 880 MHz | Around 30% higher clock speed | |||
| Significantly higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 5,500 MHz | More than 25% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Significantly higher memory clock speed | 1,753 MHz | vs | 1,375 MHz | More than 25% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Better T-Rex score | 3.92 frames/s | vs | 1.83 frames/s | Around 2.2x better T-Rex score | |||
| Slightly higher pixel rate | 36.1 GPixel/s | vs | 28.16 GPixel/s | Around 30% higher pixel rate | |||
| Better PassMark direct compute score | 3,046 | vs | 1,399 | Around 2.2x better PassMark direct compute score | |||
| Slightly better cloud gate factor score | 20.16 | vs | 19.27 | Around 5% better cloud gate factor score | |||
| Significantly lower TDP | 120W | vs | 250W | 2.1x lower TDP | |||
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