NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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: 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 875 MHz
6.2x more texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 640 vs 160
5x better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2411 vs 277
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 631 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 875 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2411 vs 277
PassMark - G2D Mark	631 vs 202

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2411

277

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

202

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2411	277
PassMark - G2D Mark	631	202
Geekbench - OpenCL	12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7859

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM107	Caicos
Launch date	13 March 2015	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	475	829
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	875 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	160
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3