AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 76.86 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.543 vs 76.687
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 890.785
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.875 vs 28.659

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 26 November 2015
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz vs 1201 MHz
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s vs 76.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543 vs 76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005 vs 890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875 vs 28.659

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 926 MHz
502x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 6600 MHz

Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 926 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 6600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

111.543

76.687

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1817.005

890.785

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

99.875

28.659

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	7965
PassMark - G2D Mark	723
Geekbench - OpenCL	33787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543	76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005	890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875	28.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	842

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Ellesmere	GM206
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	26 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	389	978
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	100.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz	1201 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	1176 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs	2,460 gflops
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1024
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s	76.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	112.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore