AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1176 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1201 MHz
7149.4x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 76.86 GTexel / s
3.4x more pipelines: 3456 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 26 November 2015
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz vs 1201 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 76.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3456 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

3.1x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3316
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.659

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Navi 32	GM206
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	26 November 2015
Place in performance rating	53	978
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	1201 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1176 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3456	1024
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	76.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	2,940 million
Floating-point performance		2,460 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	112.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5