AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (RDNA 3) and has 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 800 GB/s.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has the Navi 31 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 3 architecture.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT GPU PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Navi 31 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
RDNA 3 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
5376 Shader 1024
192 Render Output Units 32
336 Texture Units 64
84 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT clocks at 2.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 20.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

20 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
20.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
800 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
2.400 GHz Boost Clock 1.266 GHz
2.00 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

300 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

276 mm Length 212 mm
113 mm Height 112 mm
51 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q4/2022.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming 4GB came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no KF960GTXXG4GEPB
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2016
899 $ Launch Price 249 $
5 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
13969

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
4529

Cyberpunk 2077

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
138 fps (avg)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

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)

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