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
RTX A1000
CORE STATE
GA107
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1462 MHz
TDP
50 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2024
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 960
RTX A1000
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
2,304
+125.0%
Shaders
1,024
2,304
+125.0%
TMUs
64
72
+12.5%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
SM Count
—
18
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
727 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1462 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
1500 MHz
12 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
8 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
8,192
+300.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
46.78 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
105.3 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
6.737 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
105.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
6.737 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
—
18
Tensor Cores
—
72
Power
TDP
120 W
50 W
TDP (W)
120
50
-58.3%
Suggested PSU
300 W
250 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Ampere
GPU Name
GM206
GA107
Generation
GeForce 900
Workstation Ampere
(Ax000)
Process Size
28 nm
8 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
8,700 million
Die Size
228 mm²
200 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Density
12.9M / mm²
43.5M / 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
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Single-slot
Length
241 mm
9.5 inches
163 mm
6.4 inches
Height
—
69 mm
2.7 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
—
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
GeForce 700
Quadro Turing
Successor
GeForce 10
Workstation Ada