AMD Radeon RX 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 5600

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1178 MHz
2773.6x more texture fill rate: 199.7 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
214.3x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 60737 vs 18313
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 683 vs 675
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11959 vs 6064
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14115 vs 7218
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14115 vs 7218
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7991 vs 3691
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7991 vs 3691
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 19735 vs 3335
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 19735 vs 3335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jan 2020 vs 22 January 2015
Core clock speed	1130 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	60737 vs 18313
PassMark - G2D Mark	683 vs 675
PassMark - G3D Mark	11959 vs 6064
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14115 vs 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14115 vs 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7991 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7991 vs 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735 vs 3335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

60737

18313

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

675

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11959

6064

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14115

7218

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14115

7218

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7991

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7991

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19735

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19735

3335

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Geekbench - OpenCL	60737	18313
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	675
PassMark - G3D Mark	11959	6064
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14115	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14115	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7991	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7991	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735	3335
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2283

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Navi 10	GM206
Launch date	21 Jan 2020	22 January 2015
Place in performance rating	125	496
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1178 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1130 MHz	1127 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	1024
Pixel fill rate	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s	72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	2,940 million
CUDA cores		1024
Floating-point performance		2,413 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pins
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options		2x
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost