In the gpu comparison between the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB and the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is 448 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, which has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5
Memory Size
12 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
384 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
128 bit
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The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 384 GB/s.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5 can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5
Base Clock
2.321 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
2.581 GHz
1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.42 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB clocks in the base with up to 2.321 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5 is 1.127 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5
TDP
230 W
120 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is 230 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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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 ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5
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 ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5
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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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5
Length
267 mm
242 mm
Height
110 mm
111 mm
Width
40 mm
35 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
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586 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB is 267 mm long, 110 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5 is 242 mm long, 111 mm high and 35 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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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