NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs ATI FireGL V7300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and ATI FireGL V7300 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

ATI FireGL V7300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 90% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 594 MHz
7.6x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 9.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
47.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6078 vs 128
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 322

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 January 2015 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec vs 9.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6078 vs 128
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 322

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7300

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 97 Watt vs 120 Watt
185.1x more memory clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	97 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	1296 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6078

128

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

673

322

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	ATI FireGL V7300
PassMark - G3D Mark	6078	128
PassMark - G2D Mark	673	322
Geekbench - OpenCL	18704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2283

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	ATI FireGL V7300
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R500
Code name	GM206	R520
Launch date	22 January 2015	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$1,599
Place in performance rating	503	501
Price now	$229.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1127 MHz	594 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec	9.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	97 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s	41.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1296 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost