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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

49 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
VS
11 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
28
16
14
n/a
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
21
20
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
47
27
18
n/a
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
31
26
19
11
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
16
12
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
28
24
16
12
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
16
9
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
14
11
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
30
25
18
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High15426
1080p Ultra12919
1440p Ultra9814
4K Ultra57-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
2183
Time Spy159572303
Solar Bay74417n/a
Port Royal10146n/a
Fire Strike423857720
Night Raid14118531093
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 960]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
20370
Background Blur243.1 frames/s51.7 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s26.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec0.14 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec64.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps1825 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 960]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
6108
G2D Mark1200674
DirectX 11217 fps42 fps
DirectX 1286 fps28 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s2797 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 960]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
31.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a185.1 fps
Car Chasen/a177 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a151.2 fps
T-Rexn/a677.4 fps
ALU 2n/a745.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a274.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a982.4
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 960]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10281n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)29909n/a
Horizon Detection26549n/a
Face Detection (HP)59010n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)117200n/a
Text Classification (SP)3993n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6647n/a
Object Detection (SP)12742n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)44856n/a
Style Transfer (SP)175892n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 22, 2015
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Codename GB206-300 GM206
Price n/a 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1127 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1178 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1024
TMUs 144 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 36 8
Ray Tracing Cores 36 No
Tensor Cores 144 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 1000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 38 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 75 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 2.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 180 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 28 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 228 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 2 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 8.77 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1753 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
112.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 5.2
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.2
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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