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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 960
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6970

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 logo AMD Radeon HD 6970 logo
General information GeForce GTX 960 Radeon HD 6970
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 % 880 MHz 21.9 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 1425 MHz 80.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 52 % 250 W 0 %
Length 300 mm 0 % 297 mm 1 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 960 Radeon HD 6970
Overall Score 39566 0 % 27058 31.6 %
Future Proof 38 % 0 % 21 % 44.7 %
Benchmark Score 15655 0 % 7321 53.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 670.3 0 % 428.6 36.1 %
Average DirectX performance 48.4 FPS 0 % 27 FPS 44.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 99.6 FPS 0 % 67.3 FPS 32.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 23.9 FPS 0 % 19.8 FPS 17.1 %
DirectX 11 performance 41.9 FPS 0 % 20.9 FPS 50.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 28.2 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2780.6 operations/s 0 % 1493.5 operations/s 46.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 960, Radeon HD 6970.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 960 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 86.2 FPS 53.3 FPS
High settings 155.1 FPS 95.9 FPS
Medium settings 186.2 FPS 115.0 FPS
Low settings 260.6 FPS 161.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.2 %

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 6970.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 960 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 66.1 FPS 44.5 FPS
High settings 118.9 FPS 80.0 FPS
Medium settings 142.7 FPS 96.0 FPS
Low settings 199.8 FPS 134.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.7 %
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