Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
28
16
14
n/a
108
65
55
38
The Witcher 3
21
20
13
n/a
122
97
72
39
Counter-Strike 2
47
27
18
n/a
177
131
93
44
Far Cry 6
31
26
19
11
90
81
62
34
Hogwarts Legacy
16
12
11
n/a
66
54
38
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
28
24
16
12
78
70
51
32
Ghost of Tsushima
16
9
n/a
n/a
61
46
36
21
Cyberpunk 2077
14
11
n/a
n/a
66
61
34
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
25
18
n/a
105
96
65
37
Avg FPS
1080p High2697
1080p Ultra1978
1440p Ultra1456
4K Ultra-31
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
2183
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Time Spy23038738
Solar Bayn/a38651
Port Royaln/a5061
Fire Strike772022534
Night Raid3109392073
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
20370
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Background Blur51.7 frames/s155.7 frames/s
Face Detection26.1 frames/s93.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.84 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.36 Gpix/sec4.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.26 Gpix/sec4.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.14 Gpix/sec1.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching64.9 Gpix/sec381.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1825 fps10550.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
6108
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
G2D Mark674856
DirectX 1142 fps130 fps
DirectX 1228 fps61 fps
GPU Compute2797 Ops/s6758 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
31.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)185.1 fps504.3 fps
Car Chase177 fps452.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)151.2 fps394.6 fps
T-Rex677.4 fps1932.3 fps
ALU 2745.3 fps2370.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2274.9 fps279.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation982.42410.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 22, 2015 July, 9, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GM206 TU106
Price 199 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1127 MHz 1470 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1178 MHz 1650 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2176
TMUs 64 136
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 8 34
Ray Tracing Cores No 34
Tensor Cores No 272
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 38 Gpix/sec 106 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 75 GTex/s 224 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.4 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 120 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 228 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 2 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 8.77 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 2 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
112.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 7.5
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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