GeForce GTX 960 VS Radeon RX 6500 XT

Explore the complete details of GeForce GTX 960 VS Radeon RX 6500 XT, including specs, performance benchmarks

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The GeForce GTX 960 GPU by NVIDIA. features a Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) architecture. with 1024 CUDA cores. and a boost clock of 1178 MHz MHz. It offers GDDR5 memory with 4 GB GB capacity and a 128 Bit-bit interface. delivering a bandwidth of 112 GB/s GB/s. With a power consumption (TDP) of 120W.

	GeForce GTX 960	Radeon RX 6500 XT
Manufacturer	NVIDIA	AMD
Ranking	358	238
Popularity Rank	52	59
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM206	Navi 24
Market Segmente	Desktop	Desktop
Length - Width	241 mm - 2-slot	N/A - 2-slot
Release Date	22 January 2015	19 January 2022
Performance Details on clock speeds, cores, and floating-point processing power of GeForce GTX 960 VS Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Core Clock Speed	1127 MHz	2610 MHz
Boost Clock Speed	1178 MHz	2815 MHz
Floating Point Processing Power	2.413 TFLOPS	5.765 TFLOPS
No of Transistors	2,940 million	5,400 million
CUDA Cores	1024	1024
Ray Tracing Cores	N/A	16
Tensor Cores	N/A	N/A
Texture Fill Rate	75.39	180.2
ROPs	32	32

GeForce GTX 960

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Manufacturer

NVIDIA

AMD

Ranking

358

238

Popularity Rank

Architecture

Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)

RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)

GPU code name

GM206

Navi 24

Market Segmente

Desktop

Length - Width

241 mm - 2-slot

N/A - 2-slot

Release Date

22 January 2015

19 January 2022

Performance

Details on clock speeds, cores, and floating-point processing power of GeForce GTX 960 VS Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Core Clock Speed

1127 MHz

2610 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

1178 MHz

2815 MHz

Floating Point Processing Power

2.413 TFLOPS

5.765 TFLOPS

No of Transistors

2,940 million

5,400 million

CUDA Cores

1024

Ray Tracing Cores

N/A

Tensor Cores

N/A

Texture Fill Rate

75.39

180.2

ROPs

	GeForce GTX 960	Radeon RX 6500 XT
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	1	1
DirectX	N/A	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	N/A	6.6
OpenGL	N/A	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	N/A	N/A
DLSS	N/A	N/A
TMUs	64	64
Memory & Bus Information on memory type, capacity, and bandwidth to evaluate data processing power.
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM	4 GB	8 GB
Memory Bus Width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory Clock Speed	7.0 GB/s	2248 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	112 GB/s GB/s	143.9 GB/s GB/s
Resizable BAR	N/A	1
Power & Efficiency Power consumption, efficiency, and additional power requirements.
Power Consumption (TDP)	120 W	107 W
Power Efficiency	8.98	15.77
Manufacturing Process	28 nm	6 nm
Supplementary Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

GeForce GTX 960

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x4

Display Connectors

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2

1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a

HDMI

DirectX

N/A

12 Ultimate (12_2)

Shader Model

N/A

6.6

OpenGL

N/A

4.6

OpenCL

N/A

2.2

Vulkan

N/A

1.3

CUDA

N/A

DLSS

N/A

TMUs

Memory & Bus

Information on memory type, capacity, and bandwidth to evaluate data processing power.

Memory Type

GDDR5

GDDR6

Maximum RAM

4 GB

8 GB

Memory Bus Width

128 Bit

64 Bit

Memory Clock Speed

7.0 GB/s

2248 MHz

Memory Bandwidth

112 GB/s GB/s

143.9 GB/s GB/s

Resizable BAR

N/A

Power & Efficiency

Power consumption, efficiency, and additional power requirements.

Power Consumption (TDP)

120 W

107 W

Power Efficiency

8.98

15.77

Manufacturing Process

28 nm

6 nm

Supplementary Power Connectors

1x 6-pin

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