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
P102-100
CORE STATE
GP102
VRAM
5 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1683 MHz
TDP
250 W
BUS WIDTH
320 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Pascal
PROCESS
16 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2018
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 960
P102-100
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
3,200
+212.5%
Shaders
1,024
3,200
+212.5%
TMUs
64
200
+212.5%
ROPs
32
80
+150.0%
SM Count
—
25
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
1582 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1683 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
1376 MHz
11 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
5 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
5,120
+150.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5X
Memory Bus
128 bit
320 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
440.3 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
48 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
2.5 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
134.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
336.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
10.77 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
336.6 GFLOPS (1:32)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
168.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Power
TDP
120 W
250 W
TDP (W)
120
250
+108.3%
Suggested PSU
300 W
600 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
2x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Pascal
GPU Name
GM206
GP102
Generation
GeForce 900
Mining GPUs
Process Size
28 nm
16 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
11,800 million
Die Size
228 mm²
471 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
25.1M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
6.1
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
241 mm
9.5 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x4
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
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Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 700
—
Successor
GeForce 10
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