AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 $199
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1178MHz
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 167,895
93%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 117,795
57%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 345
59%
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 KXTX
Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-300
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
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
227 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
Compute Units
80 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1925MHz Base
2324MHz
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1127MHz Base
1178MHz
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FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
37.696 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
75.392 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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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
112GB/s
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TDP
335W
TDP
120W
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
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 2
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
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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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
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
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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
2.5
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
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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