GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC $170
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 $199
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2825MHz
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1178MHz
FP32
5.79 TFLOPS
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
FP16
11.57 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
107W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
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 40,335
20%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 75
13%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
GIGABYTE
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-300
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/19/2022
Release Date
1/22/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Die Size
227 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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2610MHz Base
2825MHz
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1127MHz Base
1178MHz
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FP16
11.57 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.79 TFLOPS
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
90.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
37.696 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
180.8 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
1MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
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4GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
112GB/s
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TDP
107W
TDP
120W
Temp
110°C Max
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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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
2
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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No Encoders
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Model
NVENC 3
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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
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
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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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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
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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
114 mm (4.49 in)
Width
282 mm (11.1 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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