AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 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 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 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
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20572 vs 18664

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 22 January 2015
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572 vs 18664

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

928.1x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2284 vs 1826
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 392
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6084 vs 3332

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2284 vs 1826
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 392
PassMark - G3D Mark	6084 vs 3332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1826

2284

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20572

18664

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

392

673

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

6084

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826	2284
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572	18664
PassMark - G2D Mark	392	673
PassMark - G3D Mark	3332	6084
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 RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Baffin	GM206
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	22 January 2015
Place in performance rating	503	505
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1178 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1127 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1024
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	72 billion / sec
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,940 million
CUDA cores		1024
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
SLI options		2x
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost