GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
CORE STATE
GM206
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1178 MHz
TDP
120 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
VS
GEFORCE
L4
CORE STATE
AD104
VRAM
24 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2040 MHz
TDP
72 W
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ada Lovelace
PROCESS
5 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2023
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 960
L4
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
7,424
+625.0%
Shaders
1,024
7,424
+625.0%
TMUs
64
240
+275.0%
ROPs
32
80
+150.0%
SM Count
—
60
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
795 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
2040 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
1563 MHz
12.5 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
24 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
24,576
+1100.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128 bit
192 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
300.1 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
48 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
163.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
489.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
30.29 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
473.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
30.29 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
—
60
Tensor Cores
—
240
Power
TDP
120 W
72 W
TDP (W)
120
72
-40.0%
Suggested PSU
300 W
250 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Ada Lovelace
GPU Name
GM206
AD104
Generation
GeForce 900
Server Ada
(Lxx)
Process Size
28 nm
5 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
35,800 million
Die Size
228 mm²
294 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
121.8M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
8.9
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Single-slot
Length
241 mm
9.5 inches
169 mm
6.7 inches
Height
—
56 mm
2.2 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
—
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
GeForce 700
Server Ampere
Successor
GeForce 10
Server Hopper