NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 800A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 800A 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 800A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 738 MHz
13x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 48
17.4x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 17 March 2014
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 48
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 800A

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 800A
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		477
PassMark - G2D Mark		165

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 800A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GM206	GF119
Launch date	26 November 2015	17 March 2014
Place in performance rating	961	963
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	738 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops	141.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	48
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	5.904 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	292 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3