AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

AMD Radeon R7 260X $139
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
896 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1100MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
924MHz
FP32
1.97 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
115W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 2
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Bonaire
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Variant
Bonaire XTX
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
8/8/2013
Release Date
1/22/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
160 mm²
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.00M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
896 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
56 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Compute Units
14 CUs
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1100MHz
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924MHz
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FP32
1.97 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.12 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.07 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
17.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
44.352 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
61.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
73.92 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
256KB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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1GB
GDDR5
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1625MHz
Transfer Rate
6.5GT/s
Bandwidth
104GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
115W
TDP
Unknown
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1x VGA
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x HDMI 1.4
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
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Model
VCE 2.0
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 4.2
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
7
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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