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GeForce GTX 960 vs Geforce GTX 760
Intro
The GeForce GTX 960 features a core clock frequency of 1127 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with GPU core speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1152 Stream Processors, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.
Benchmarks
These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
| GeForce GTX 960 |
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7627 points |
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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5923 points |
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Ethereum Mining Hash Rate
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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13 Mh/s |
| GeForce GTX 960 |
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11 Mh/s |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 960 |
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120 Watts |
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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170 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Geforce GTX 760 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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192256 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 960 |
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112000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Geforce GTX 760 should be quite a bit (about 30%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)| Geforce GTX 760 |
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94080 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 960 |
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72128 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)| GeForce GTX 960 |
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36064 Mpixels/sec |
| Geforce GTX 760 |
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31360 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 960 | Geforce GTX 760 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | January 2015 | June 2013 |
| Code Name | GM206 | GK104 |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 1127 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 7000 MHz | 6008 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 120 watts | 170 watts |
| Bandwidth | 112000 MB/sec | 192256 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 72128 Mtexels/sec | 94080 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 36064 Mpixels/sec | 31360 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 1024 | 1152 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 96 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 2940 million | 3540 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 12.0 | DirectX 11.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 4.3 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce GTX 960Amazon.com
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Geforce GTX 760Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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Comments
7 Responses to “GeForce GTX 960 vs Geforce GTX 760”Gee, unbelievable, 760 is better than 960!
I was going to do some light upgrade, but now I see 960 is pure crap.
Need to get expensive 970 🙁
a 760 is not better than a 960. Do you honestly think they will release a slower card? I own a 960 and yes it does beat a 760. They are using different architecture and thus most of these stats dont mean anything. (especially the 128bit bus. It's different technology than a 760 and I can assure you it will beat a 760 no problem.
The 960 is a good mid range card even with the 2gb memory limit. It is made to run games at 1080p.
Do not compare stats here.. but rather check benchmarks.
The 960 is also not intended to be an option when upgrading from say a 660 or faster. But if you own a 650 or slower than a 960 may be the card for you.
http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GTX+960/review
The 760 is a beast, stats beat the 960 but no doubt it's that much better than the 760. The 960 is 128 bit card and to pay that much for that is a complete waste of money. The new gen cards are overpriced as fuk. The bandwidth of the 760 is much better and if you're looking for an excellent value for money card 760 is the way to go. You'll notice bandwidth when running demanding games at high resolution.
I own a 760 SC and would never replace it with a 960 - no way! I'm considering a 1060 ti or superclock or perhaps the next GPU after that. My 760 superclock has been a superb GPU