NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 400 MHz
48x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
10.5x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 666 MHz

Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
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
PassMark - G3D Mark		38
PassMark - G2D Mark		300

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM206	NV44 A2
Launch date	26 November 2015	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	961	547
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2