AMD Radeon Pro 560X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 560X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 560X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 5012 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3678 vs 3355
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 711 vs 326
  • Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17558 vs 12495
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.96 vs 3.67
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 62.405 vs 49.875
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 247.728 vs 179.567
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5367 vs 5157
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5367 vs 5157
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 July 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Pipelines 1024 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3678 vs 3355
PassMark - G2D Mark 711 vs 326
Geekbench - OpenCL 17558 vs 12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.96 vs 3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 62.405 vs 49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 247.728 vs 179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5367 vs 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5367 vs 5157

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 1004 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.772 vs 48.494
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 757.295 vs 679.583
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 2495
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3351
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 2495
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3351
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 1004 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 49.772 vs 48.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 757.295 vs 679.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5834 vs 2495
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7859 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5834 vs 2495
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7859 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 560X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3678
3355
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
711
326
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17558
12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
48.494
49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
679.583
757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.96
3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
62.405
49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
247.728
179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5367
5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2495
5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5367
5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2495
5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
7859
Name AMD Radeon Pro 560X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
PassMark - G3D Mark 3678 3355
PassMark - G2D Mark 711 326
Geekbench - OpenCL 17558 12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 48.494 49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 679.583 757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.96 3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 62.405 49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 247.728 179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5367 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2495 5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5367 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2495 5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 7859

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 560X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell
Code name Polaris 21 GM107
Launch date 16 July 2018 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 551 553
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1004 MHz 1029 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,870 million
Boost clock speed 1085 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops
Texture fill rate 43.4 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB / s