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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.
See full details | Radeon R9 270 vs GeForce GTX 960 |
Gaming | |
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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 |
Value | |
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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 |
7.1 | Overall Score |
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Winner |
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Significantly higher memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | vs | 112.2 GB/s | Around 60% higher memory bandwidth | |||
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Significantly better video composition score | 80.7 frames/s | vs | 25.99 frames/s | More than 3x better video composition score | |||
Significantly higher metro: last light framerate | 90 | vs | 56.8 | Around 60% higher metro: last light framerate | |||
Wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
More shading units | 1,280 | vs | 1,024 | 256 more shading units | |||
More texture mapping units | 80 | vs | 64 | 16 more texture mapping units | |||
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Higher clock speed | 1,127 MHz | vs | 900 MHz | More than 25% higher clock speed | |||
Better PassMark score | 5,813 | vs | 4,261 | More than 35% better PassMark score | |||
Higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 5,600 MHz | More than 25% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
Higher turbo clock speed | 1,178 MHz | vs | 925 MHz | More than 25% 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 | 2,223 | More than 35% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
Slightly better cloud gate factor score | 20.16 | vs | 19.21 | Around 5% better cloud gate factor score | |||
Lower TDP | 120W | vs | 150W | 20% lower TDP |
Radeon R9 270 | vs | GeForce GTX 960 | ||
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