AMD Radeon R9 Nano vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 Nano and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 R9 Nano
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
- 3.6x more texture fill rate: 256.0 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
- 4x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1024
- 3.4x better floating-point performance: 8,192 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- 71.4x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- 2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4579 vs 2286
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 27 August 2015 vs 22 January 2015 |
| Texture fill rate | 256.0 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 4096 vs 1024 |
| Floating-point performance | 8,192 gflops vs 2,413 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4579 vs 2286 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 175 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 Nano
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 Nano | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4579 | 2286 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6098 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18636 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 792.44 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.338 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 Nano | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | Fiji | GM206 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series | |
| Launch date | 27 August 2015 | 22 January 2015 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $199 |
| Place in performance rating | 499 | 500 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price now | $229.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 34.63 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Compute units | 64 | |
| Floating-point performance | 8,192 gflops | 2,413 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 4096 | 1024 |
| Stream Processors | 4096 | |
| Texture fill rate | 256.0 GTexel / s | 72 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Transistor count | 8,900 million | 2,940 million |
| Core clock speed | 1127 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort support | ||
| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| Eyefinity | ||
| HDMI | ||
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | |
| VGA | ||
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| HDCP | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 152 mm | 9.5" (24.1 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pins |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| SLI options | 2x | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| Mantle | ||
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| High bandwidth memory (HBM) | ||
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 112 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 4096 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 7.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| FRTC | ||
| HD3D | ||
| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TressFX | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
| CUDA | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
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