NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB $299
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 $199
2176 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
1650MHz
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1178MHz
FP32
7.18 TFLOPS
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
FP16
14.36 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
185W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
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
0%
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
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Turing
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 20
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV166
TU106
Variant
TU106-300-KA-A1
Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-300
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/7/2021
Release Date
1/22/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
445 mm²
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Die Size
227 mm²
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Transistor Count
10.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
24.27M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2176 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
136 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
272 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
34 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
34 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1470MHz Base
1650MHz
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1127MHz Base
1178MHz
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FP16
14.36 TFLOPS
57.45 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
7.18 TFLOPS
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.22 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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INT8
114.89 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
21.7 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
105.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
37.696 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
224.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
75.392 GTexel/s
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
3MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
112GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
120W
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 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
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
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 2.2
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Model
NVENC 7
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
NVDEC 4
Model
NVDEC 2
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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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
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 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
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Height
112.6 mm (4.43 in)
Width
228.6 mm (9 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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