Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
  • Brand: Nvidia
  • Cores: 1024
  • Form Factor: PC use
  • Use case: Gaming
  • Announced: January, 22, 2015

Review

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

Benchmark Tests

Performance comparison across tasks for Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
28
16
14
n/a
The Witcher 3
21
20
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
47
27
18
n/a
Far Cry 6
31
26
19
11
Hogwarts Legacy
16
12
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
28
24
16
12
Ghost of Tsushima
16
9
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
14
11
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
25
18
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High26
1080p Ultra19
1440p Ultra14
4K Ultra-
DeviationLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
2183
Time Spy2303
Fire Strike7720
Night Raid31093
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
20370
Background Blur51.7 frames/s
Face Detection26.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.84 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.26 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.14 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching64.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1825 fps
APIOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
6108
G2D Mark674
DirectX 1142 fps
DirectX 1228 fps
GPU Compute2797 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
31.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)185.1 fps
Car Chase177 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)151.2 fps
T-Rex677.4 fps
ALU 2745.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2274.9 fps
APIOpenGL
OSWindows
Tessellation982.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

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

GPU

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

Performance

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

Process

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

Memory

Interface GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz
Bus 128 bit
ECC support No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
112.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12
Vulkan 1.3
OpenGL 4.6
CUDA 5.2
DisplayPort 1.2
Ray Tracing No
DLSS No

User Rating

4.8 out 5 Points (4 Votes)

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