GPU comparison with benchmarks

ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.25 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100

The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.56 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB GDDR6 · 2.82 GHz · 107 W Speed index 5/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 125 % faster than the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB.

ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Speed index
2/100
5/100
FP32
2.56 TFLOPS
5.77 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.25 GHz
2.82 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
144 GB/s
TDP
120 W
107 W
Launch Price
199 $
199 $

GPU

GPUASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU ChipGM206-300-A1Navi 24 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors816
Shader10241024
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units6464
Raytracing Cores--16
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory Size4 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.250 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s144 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit64 bit
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Base Clock1.190 GHz2.200 GHz
Boost Clock1.253 GHz2.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.61 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB has a turbo clock of 1.253 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 2.815 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
TDP120 W107 W
Tjunction max98 °C97 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 11 x 90 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. Displays42
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0--
DisplayPort3x DP 1.2--
DVI1--
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode
AV1NoNo
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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

DimensionsASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Length170 mm--
Height122 mm--
Width41 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GBAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 4
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2022
Launch Price199 $199 $
Structure size28 nm6 nm
Part-noGTX960-MOC-4GD5--
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini 4GB was released in Q3/2015.

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.

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 6500 XT +121.4 %

  1. 1,027
  2. 2,274

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 467

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 141

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 31 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 68 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 AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +161.5 %

  1. 19,082
  2. 49,896

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT +152.8 %

  1. 21,774
  2. 55,054

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 50,239

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