NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 $549
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
6144 Shaders
12GB GDDR7
2510MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
924MHz
FP32
30.84 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
FP16
30.84 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
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
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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
Blackwell
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV195
GB205
Variant
GB205-300-A1
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
1/22/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
6144 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
192 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
48 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
48 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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2160MHz Base
2510MHz
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924MHz
FP4
493.49 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP8
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246.74 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP16
30.84 TFLOPS
123.37 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
30.84 TFLOPS
123.37 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
30.84 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
TF32
123.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.07 TFLOPS
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INT8
246.74 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
93.5 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
160.64 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
44.352 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
481.92 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
73.92 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
40MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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12GB
GDDR7
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
2210MHz
Transfer Rate
28GT/s
Bandwidth
672GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
Unknown
Temp
85°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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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
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 2.3
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Model
NVENC 9
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 6
Model
NVDEC 1
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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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_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
5.0
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 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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