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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
11 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 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 5070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5070
vs
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
28
16
14
n/a
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
21
20
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
47
27
18
n/a
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
31
26
19
11
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
16
12
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
28
24
16
12
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
16
9
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
14
11
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
30
25
18
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High18926
1080p Ultra16219
1440p Ultra12614
4K Ultra75-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
2183
Time Spy226132303
Solar Bay103768n/a
Port Royal14312n/a
Fire Strike577937720
Night Raid17298631093
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 960]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
20370
Background Blur254.4 frames/s51.7 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s26.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec0.14 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec64.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps1825 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 960]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
6108
G2D Mark1297674
DirectX 11277 fps42 fps
DirectX 12108 fps28 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s2797 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 960]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 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 GB205-300 GM206
Price n/a 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1127 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1178 MHz
Shader Units 6144 1024
TMUs 192 64
ROPs 80 32
Execution Units 48 8
Ray Tracing Cores 48 No
Tensor Cores 192 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 1000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 38 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 75 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 2.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 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 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 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 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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