AMD Radeon RX 560 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 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: 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1200-1275 MHz vs 1178 MHz
• 1133.3x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 60-80 Watt vs 120 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• 1000x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
• 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57671 vs 18663
• Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.428 vs 35.338
• Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 257.062 vs 200.825
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 3335
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 3335
• 11.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1774 vs 157

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

• Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
• 928.1x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
• Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6100 vs 3653
• Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 488
• Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 56.81
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 792.44 vs 775.281
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 4.602
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 6571
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 6571

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3653 6100
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	488 673
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	57671 18663
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	56.81 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	775.281 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.602 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	64.428 35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	257.062 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6571 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3688 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3352 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6571 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3688 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3352 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1774 157

Compare specifications (specs)