NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
• Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 4604
• Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 586
• Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 55.446
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 4.68
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 6821
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 6821

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

• Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
• Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
• Around 6% better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
• 171.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
• 4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 18734
• Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 952.668 vs 792.44
• Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.456 vs 35.338
• Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 294.215 vs 200.825
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3691
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3335
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3691
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3335
• 10.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1651 vs 162

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	6111 4604
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	673 586
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	18734 77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	73.733 55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	792.44 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.888 4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.338 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	200.825 294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	162 1651

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