AMD Radeon RX 560X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 560X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 1085 MHz
1880.2x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5698 vs 5157
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5698 vs 5157
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 669 vs 631
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3553 vs 2411
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16430 vs 12495

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5698 vs 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5698 vs 5157
PassMark - G2D Mark	669 vs 631
PassMark - G3D Mark	3553 vs 2411
Geekbench - OpenCL	16430 vs 12495

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

534.2x better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 4873
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 4873
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3357
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5834 vs 4873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5834 vs 4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7859 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7859 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5698

5157

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5698

5157

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

669

631

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3553

2411

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16430

12495

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4873

5834

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4873

5834

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

7859

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

7859

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5698	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5698	5157
PassMark - G2D Mark	669	631
PassMark - G3D Mark	3553	2411
Geekbench - OpenCL	16430	12495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4873	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4873	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	7859
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	7859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		179.567

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Polaris 21	GM107
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	384	475
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1085 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1029 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	640
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	43.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support