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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 960
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AMD logo Radeon HD 5850

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 logo AMD Radeon HD 5850 logo
General information GeForce GTX 960 Radeon HD 5850
Launched Q1 2015 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1127 MHz 0 % 765 MHz 32.1 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 1125 MHz 84.4 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 20.5 % 151 W 0 %
Length 300 mm 0 % 264 mm 12 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 960 Radeon HD 5850
Overall Score 39588 0 % 22612 42.9 %
Future Proof 38 % 0 % 21 % 44.7 %
Benchmark Score 15672 0 % 5113 67.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 673.7 0 % 400.4 40.6 %
Average DirectX performance 48.2 FPS 0 % 18.5 FPS 61.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 99.4 FPS 0 % 47 FPS 52.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 23.9 FPS 0 % 13.9 FPS 41.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 41.6 FPS 0 % 13 FPS 68.8 %
DirectX 12 performance 27.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2804 operations/s 0 % 941.7 operations/s 66.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 960, Radeon HD 5850.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 960 Radeon HD 5850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 85.5 FPS 41.4 FPS
High settings 153.9 FPS 74.5 FPS
Medium settings 184.7 FPS 89.4 FPS
Low settings 258.5 FPS 125.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.6 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 960, Radeon HD 5850.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 960 Radeon HD 5850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.6 FPS 36.5 FPS
High settings 118.1 FPS 65.8 FPS
Medium settings 141.7 FPS 78.9 FPS
Low settings 198.4 FPS 110.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.3 %
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