Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
17
9
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
21
20
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
47
27
18
n/a
20
15
10
n/a
Far Cry 6
31
26
19
11
14
12
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
16
12
11
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
28
24
16
12
16
13
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
16
9
n/a
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
14
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
25
18
n/a
11
10
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2612
1080p Ultra1910
1440p Ultra14-
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
2183
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
939
Time Spy23031074
Fire Strike77203399
Night Raid3109313201
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
20370
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
14408
Background Blur51.7 frames/s33.7 frames/s
Face Detection26.1 frames/s15.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.84 Gpix/sec0.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.36 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.26 Gpix/sec0.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.14 Gpix/sec0.21 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching64.9 Gpix/sec54.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1825 fps1957.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
6108
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
2250
G2D Mark674568
DirectX 1142 fps16 fps
DirectX 1228 fps11 fps
GPU Compute2797 Ops/s1215 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
31.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)185.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase177 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)151.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex677.4 fpsn/a
ALU 2745.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2274.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation982.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 22, 2015 January, 7, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Raven
Codename GM206 n/a
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1127 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1178 MHz 1500-2000 MHz
Shader Units 1024 448
TMUs 64 28
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 8 7
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 38 Gpix/sec 12-16 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 75 GTex/s 42-56 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.4 TFLOPS 1.3-1.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 120 W 10-45 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 228 mm² n/a
Transistor count 2 billion n/a
Transistor density 8.77 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 2 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
112.2 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.2 n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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