AMD Radeon VII vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

AMD Radeon VII $699
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
3840 Shaders
16GB HBM2
1800MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
924MHz
FP32
13.82 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
FP16
27.65 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
300W
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 N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
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
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 5
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon RX Vega
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Moonshot
Vega 20
Variant
Vega 20 XT
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
2/7/2019
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
331 mm²
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
39.97M/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
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Compute Units
60 CUs
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1400MHz Base
1800MHz
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924MHz
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FP16
27.65 TFLOPS
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FP32
13.82 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.46 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.07 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
115.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
44.352 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
432 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
4MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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16GB
HBM2
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
4096Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
1024GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
300W
TDP
Unknown
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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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
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 2.2
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Model
VCE 4.1
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
UVD 7.2
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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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_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
9
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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
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Height
125 mm (4.92 in)
Width
280 mm (11.02 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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