NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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

ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 500 MHz
7.2x more texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 6 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
5.1x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 990 MHz
17.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2411 vs 141
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 631 vs 415

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2411 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	631 vs 415

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2411

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

415

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
PassMark - G3D Mark	2411	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	631	415
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	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	R500
Code name	GM107	R520
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	475	377
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3