NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 22 January 2015 vs 22 December 2011 |
Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz vs 925 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 300 Watt |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2284 vs 2276 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
- 2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
- Around 57% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- 196.4x more memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 85% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 18655
- Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.413 vs 73.733
- Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1390.592 vs 792.44
- Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.336 vs 4.888
- 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 35.338
- 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 200.825
- Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 7218
- Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 7218
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 2048 vs 1024 |
Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 2,413 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 vs 18655 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.413 vs 73.733 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 vs 792.44 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 vs 4.888 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 vs 35.338 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 vs 200.825 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 vs 7218 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 vs 3691 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 3335 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 vs 7218 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 vs 3691 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 3335 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970
Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 6082 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 18655 | 34541 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 | 84.413 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 792.44 | 1390.592 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 | 7.336 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.338 | 101.929 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 | 481.76 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 | 9448 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | 3704 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 | 3350 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 | 9448 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | 3704 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 | 3350 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2284 | 2276 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GM206 | Tahiti |
Launch date | 22 January 2015 | 22 December 2011 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $549 |
Place in performance rating | 504 | 501 |
Price now | $229.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 34.63 | |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | 925 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1127 MHz | |
CUDA cores | 1024 | |
Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops | 3,789 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 1024 | 2048 |
Texture fill rate | 72 billion / sec | 118.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 300 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,940 million | 4,313 million |
Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
HDCP | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | 274 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
SLI options | 2x | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pins | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 112 GB / s | 264 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 1375 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
FreeSync |