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
P106-090
CORE STATE
GP106
VRAM
3 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1531 MHz
TDP
75 W
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Pascal
PROCESS
16 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2017
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 960
P106-090
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
768
-25.0%
Shaders
1,024
768
-25.0%
TMUs
64
48
-25.0%
ROPs
32
48
+50.0%
SM Count
—
6
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
1354 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1531 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
2002 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
3 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
3,072
+50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
192 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
48 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
1536 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
73.49 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
73.49 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
2.352 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
73.49 GFLOPS (1:32)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
36.74 GFLOPS (1:64)
Power
TDP
120 W
75 W
TDP (W)
120
75
-37.5%
Suggested PSU
300 W
250 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Pascal
GPU Name
GM206
GP106
Generation
GeForce 900
Mining GPUs
Process Size
28 nm
16 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
4,400 million
Die Size
228 mm²
200 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
22.0M / 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
250 mm
9.8 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x1
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
—
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 700
—
Successor
GeForce 10
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