The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.22 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.49 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 733 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE.
The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE
Memory Size
16 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE
Base Clock
1.825 GHz
1.152 GHz
Boost Clock
2.250 GHz
1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.02 GHz
1.20 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE is 1.216 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE
TDP
300 W
120 W
TDP (up)
345 W
--
Tjunction max
100 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
37 dB
--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
USB-C
1
--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Non addressable LED
No LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE
Length
270 mm
267 mm
Height
120 mm
139 mm
Width
--
36 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,503 g
812 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G LE is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.
The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
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.
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.
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