AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

AMD Radeon RX 6800 $579
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
3840 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2105MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
924MHz
FP32
16.17 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
FP16
32.33 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 127,725
42%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 132,030
73%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 94,985
46%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 310
52%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XL
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/18/2020
Release Date
1/22/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
60 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Compute Units
60 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1700MHz Base
2105MHz
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924MHz
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FP16
32.33 TFLOPS
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FP32
16.17 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.01 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.07 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
202.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
44.352 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
505.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
73.92 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
Unknown
Temp
110°C Max
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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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
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
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)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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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_2
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
10.3
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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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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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