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 5000 Ada Generation
CORE STATE
AD102
VRAM
32 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2550 MHz
TDP
250 W
BUS WIDTH
256 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
RTX 5000 Ada Generation
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
12,800
+1150.0%
Shaders
1,024
12,800
+1150.0%
TMUs
64
400
+525.0%
ROPs
32
176
+450.0%
SM Count
—
100
Clocks
Base Clock
1127 MHz
1155 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
2550 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
32 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
32,768
+1500.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
576.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
72 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
448.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
1,020.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.413 TFLOPS
65.28 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,020.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
65.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
—
100
Tensor Cores
—
400
Power
TDP
120 W
250 W
TDP (W)
120
250
+108.3%
Suggested PSU
300 W
600 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 16-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Ada Lovelace
GPU Name
GM206
AD102
Generation
GeForce 900
Workstation Ada
(x000A)
Process Size
28 nm
5 nm
Transistors
2,940 million
76,300 million
Die Size
228 mm²
609 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.9M / mm²
125.3M / 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
Dual-slot
Length
241 mm
9.5 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
—
112 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
—
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
GeForce 700
Workstation Ampere
Successor
GeForce 10
Blackwell PRO W