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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 960
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AMD logo Radeon R9 280X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 logo AMD Radeon R9 280X logo
General information GeForce GTX 960 Radeon R9 280X
Launched Q1 2015 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 3072 MB 25 %
Core Clock 1127 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 11.3 %
Boost Clock 1393 MHz 0 % 1150 MHz 17.4 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 6400 MHz 11.1 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 52 % 250 W 0 %
Length 300 mm 3.2 % 310 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 960 Radeon R9 280X
Overall Score 39566 0 % 38458 2.8 %
Future Proof 38 % 0 % 21 % 44.7 %
Benchmark Score 15655 0 % 14790 5.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 670.3 7.9 % 727.8 0 %
Average DirectX performance 48.4 FPS 0 % 47.8 FPS 1.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 99.6 FPS 0 % 94.4 FPS 5.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 23.9 FPS 24.8 % 31.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 41.9 FPS 0 % 35.3 FPS 15.7 %
DirectX 12 performance 28.2 FPS 5.3 % 29.8 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 2780.6 operations/s 4.5 % 2911 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 960, Radeon R9 280X.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 960 Radeon R9 280X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 86.2 FPS 83.2 FPS
High settings 155.1 FPS 149.8 FPS
Medium settings 186.2 FPS 179.8 FPS
Low settings 260.6 FPS 251.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.4 %

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 R9 280X.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 960 Radeon R9 280X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 66.1 FPS 64.2 FPS
High settings 118.9 FPS 115.5 FPS
Medium settings 142.7 FPS 138.6 FPS
Low settings 199.8 FPS 194.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %
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