NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
AMD Radeon RX 560
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
AMD Radeon RX 560

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX 560. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

223
Place in performance rating
326
60.47
Value for money (0-100)
41.98
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GM206
Code name
Polaris 21
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$99
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$594 (6x MSRP)
10.46
Value for money
5.93
GM206
GPU code name
Polaris 21
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX 560 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
1024
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
1175 MHz
1178 MHz
Boost Clock
1275 MHz
2,940 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
72 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
81.60
2,413 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,611 gflops
1024
CUDA cores
no data
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1178 MHz
Boost clock speed
1275 MHz
2,940 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX 560.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
170 mm
1x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
400 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX 560 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX 560, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX 560 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX 560. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX 560 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 560 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 560
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 560
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 560
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 560
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 560
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

10.68% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($444 (2.2x MSRP) vs $594 (6x MSRP))

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 560

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 560?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 versus AMD Radeon RX 560 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 560