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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 39591 0 % 38469 2.8 %
Future Proof 38 % 0 % 21 % 44.7 %
Benchmark Score 15675 0 % 14799 5.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 679.1 7.6 % 735.1 0 %
Average DirectX performance 48.5 FPS 0 % 47.8 FPS 1.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 99.6 FPS 0 % 94.3 FPS 5.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 24.1 FPS 24.5 % 31.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 42.3 FPS 0 % 35.1 FPS 17 %
DirectX 12 performance 27.9 FPS 7.3 % 30.1 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 2764.9 operations/s 4.1 % 2883 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 85.6 FPS 82.6 FPS
High settings 154.0 FPS 148.6 FPS
Medium settings 184.8 FPS 178.3 FPS
Low settings 258.8 FPS 249.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.5 %

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 65.9 FPS 64.0 FPS
High settings 118.6 FPS 115.1 FPS
Medium settings 142.3 FPS 138.1 FPS
Low settings 199.2 FPS 193.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %
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