NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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 960A

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• 3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
• 4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 631 vs 589
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.67 vs 1.767
• Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 3716
• 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3358
• Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 3716
• 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

• Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
• 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
• Around 84% better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
• Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4637 vs 2411
• 6.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 12495
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.001 vs 49.772
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 952.668 vs 757.295
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.456 vs 49.875
• Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 294.215 vs 179.567
• Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 5157
• Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6821 vs 5157

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2411 4637
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	631 589
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	12495 77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.772 55.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	757.295 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.67 1.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.875 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	179.567 294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5157 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5834 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7859 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5157 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5834 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7859 3358

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