NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

223
Place in performance rating
265
60.47
Value for money (0-100)
33.84
Maxwell
Architecture
Kepler
GM206
Code name
GK104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
25 June 2013 (8 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$249
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$141 (0.6x MSRP)
10.46
Value for money
14.45
GM206
GPU code name
GK104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
1152
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
980 MHz
1178 MHz
Boost Clock
1033 MHz
2,940 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
72 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
94.1 billion/sec
2,413 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,378 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
1024
CUDA cores
1152
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1178 MHz
Boost clock speed
1033 MHz
2,940 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
170 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
1x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
+
SLI options
+
400 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)
no data
Minimum recommended system power
500 Watt

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
3000 MHz
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
+
4 displays
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDCP
+
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
2.0
GPU Boost
+
+
CUDA
+
+
GeForce Experience
+
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
Blu Ray 3D
+
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
3D Vision Live
+
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
Adaptive VSync
+
no data
PhysX
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.3
+
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
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

5.74% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 170 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

Cheaper ($141 (0.6x MSRP) vs $444 (2.2x MSRP))

More pipelines (1152 vs 1024)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760