AMD Radeon RX 470
vs
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
AMD Radeon RX 470 GPU ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
AMD Radeon RX 470 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Polaris 10 PRO GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Ellesmere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2048 Shader 1024
32 Render Output Units 32
128 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.650 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
211 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

0.926 GHz Base Clock 1.190 GHz
1.206 GHz Boost Clock 1.253 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

120 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_0 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

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.

240 mm Length 170 mm
95 mm Height 122 mm
35 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 470 was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 179 $ (Reference).

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

-- Part-no GTX960-MOC-2GD5
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2015
179 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
1699
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
4 GB GDDR5
1027

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 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36194
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
4 GB GDDR5
19082

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
39194
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
4 GB GDDR5
21774

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36011

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
4.94
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
4 GB GDDR5
2.56

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