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AMD Radeon RX 470 vs ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini

AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.21 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.25 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 470 and the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 93 % faster than the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini.

AMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Speed index
4/100
2/100
FP32
4.94 TFLOPS
2.56 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.21 GHz
1.25 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
211 GB/s
112 GB/s
TDP
120 W
120 W
Launch Price
179 $
199 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Based onAMD Radeon RX 470NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU ChipPolaris 10 PROGM206-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors328
Shader20481024
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units12864
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 470 and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, which has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Memory Size4 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.650 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed6.6 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth211 GB/s112 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Base Clock0.926 GHz1.190 GHz
Boost Clock1.206 GHz1.253 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 clocks in the base with up to 0.926 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is 1.190 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
TDP120 W120 W
Tjunction max93 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.2
DVI--1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 470.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_012_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8NoDecode
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Length240 mm170 mm
Height95 mm122 mm
Width35 mm41 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is 170 mm long, 122 mm high and 41 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 470ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2016Q1/2015
Launch Price179 $199 $
Structure size14 nm28 nm
Part-no--GTX960-MOC-2GD5
Documentsdata sheet--
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 179 $.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini was introduced in Q1/2015 at a price of 199 $.

Benchmark results

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL AMD Radeon RX 470 +89.7 %

  1. 36,194
  2. 19,082

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 470 +80.0 %

  1. 39,194
  2. 21,774

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 36,011
  2. no data

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