NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 videocard review

GeForce GTX 960 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 22 January 2015. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Maxwell 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GM206.

Core clock speed - 1127 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1178 MHz. Texture fill rate - 72 billion / sec. Pipelines - 1024. Floating-point performance - 2,413 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,940 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 120 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 7.0 GB/s. Memory bandwidth - 112 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

6082

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

673

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345616

18655

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

73.733 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

792.440 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

4.888 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

35.338 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

200.825 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

7218 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3691 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3335 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

7218.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3691.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3335.000 Fps

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36466

2284

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	6082
PassMark - G2D Mark	673
Geekbench - OpenCL	18655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	73.733 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	792.440 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	4.888 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	35.338 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	200.825 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	7218 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3691 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3335 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	7218.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3691.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3335.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2284

Games performance

1. Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)
2. Overwatch (2016)
3. Doom (2016)
4. Hitman 2016 (2016)
5. The Division (2016)
6. Far Cry Primal (2016)
7. XCOM 2 (2016)
8. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
9. Rainbow Six Siege (2015)
10. Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
11. Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
12. Fallout 4 (2015)
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)
14. Anno 2205 (2015)
15. World of Warships (2015)

16. The Witcher 3 (2015)
17. Dirt Rally (2015)
18. GTA V (2015)
19. Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
20. Far Cry 4 (2014)
21. Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)
22. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
23. Alien: Isolation (2014)
24. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
25. Sims 4 (2014)
26. Thief (2014)
27. Battlefield 4 (2013)
28. Metro: Last Light (2013)
29. BioShock Infinite (2013)
30. Tomb Raider (2013)
31. Crysis 3 (2013)

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)

Low, 1280x720	159.90
Medium, 1366x768	111.80
High, 1920x1080	55.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	50.00
4K, 3840x2160	17.10

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x720	266.70
Medium, 1366x768	206.60
High, 1920x1080	115.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	66.90
4K, 3840x2160	38.60

Doom (2016)

Low, 1280x720	142.80
Medium, 1366x768	126.80
High, 1920x1080	74.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	68.00
4K, 3840x2160	21.60

Hitman 2016 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	73.30
Medium, 1366x768	71.60
High, 1920x1080	37.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	36.00
4K, 3840x2160	18.70

The Division (2016)

Low, 1280x720	122.60
Medium, 1366x768	91.70
High, 1920x1080	45.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	33.90
4K, 3840x2160	16.60

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Low, 1280x720	115.00
Medium, 1920x1080	60.00
High, 1920x1080	53.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	37.00
4K, 3840x2160	16.00

XCOM 2 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	90.00
Medium, 1920x1080	56.90
High, 1920x1080	35.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	16.70

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x768	112.60
Medium, 1366x768	71.30
High, 1920x1080	43.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	36.10
4K, 3840x2160	17.00

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768	248.50
Medium, 1366x768	163.60
High, 1920x1080	90.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	64.50
4K, 3840x2160	27.20

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x768	82.30
Medium, 1366x768	70.30
High, 1920x1080	47.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.90
4K, 3840x2160	16.50

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768	196.90
Medium, 1366x768	144.90
High, 1920x1080	70.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	60.80
4K, 3840x2160	21.20

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x720	163.60
Medium, 1366x768	103.40
High, 1920x1080	56.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	44.80
4K, 3840x2160	18.50

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	146.20
Medium, 1366x768	117.30
High, 1920x1080	63.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	55.80
4K, 3840x2160	20.40

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	175.20
Medium, 1366x768	124.70
High, 1920x1080	57.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	20.60
4K, 3840x2160	20.90

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x768	183.90
Medium, 1366x768	147.90
High, 1920x1080	125.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	36.40
4K, 3840 x 2160	36.40

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	142.80
Medium, 1366x768	86.60
High, 1920x1080	49.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.70

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768	441.40
Medium, 1366x768	180.30
High, 1920x1080	130.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	61.30
4K, 3840x2160	47.10

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768	147.30
Medium, 1366x768	146.10
High, 1920x1080	69.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	28.30

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x768	125.70
Medium, 1366x768	109.40
High, 1920x1080	58.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	38.60

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	113.60
Medium, 1366x768	112.20
High, 1920x1080	65.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	50.40

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x768	97.10
Medium, 1366x768	75.80
High, 1920x1080	47.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	21.30

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x768	229.90
Medium, 1366x768	139.30
High, 1920x1080	94.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	55.30

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x768	275.00
Medium, 1366x768	217.00
High, 1920x1080	113.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	80.90

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720	194.70
Medium, 1344x756	131.80
High, 1920x1080	71.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	48.60

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	178.80
Medium, 1366x768	141.30
High, 1920x1080	107.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	98.30

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	108.60
Medium, 1366x768	100.90
High, 1366x768	91.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	50.60

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	198.80
Medium, 1366x768	193.20
High, 1366x768	147.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	58.00

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	111.20
Medium, 1366x768	106.40
High, 1366x768	95.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	56.80

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	279.20
Medium, 1366x768	208.90
High, 1366x768	185.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	75.80

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	484.40
Medium, 1366x768	301.20
High, 1366x768	187.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	89.10

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	139.70
Medium, 1366x768	123.90
High, 1366x768	91.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	36.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM206
Launch date	22 January 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	504
Price now	$229.99
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1127 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million

Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 videocard review

Benchmarks

Games performance

Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)

Overwatch (2016)

Doom (2016)

Hitman 2016 (2016)

The Division (2016)

Far Cry Primal (2016)

XCOM 2 (2016)

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Fallout 4 (2015)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Anno 2205 (2015)

World of Warships (2015)

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Dirt Rally (2015)

GTA V (2015)

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Sims 4 (2014)

Thief (2014)

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Metro: Last Light (2013)

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Tomb Raider (2013)

Crysis 3 (2013)

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Technical info

Video outputs and ports

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

API support

Memory

Technologies

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