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ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 19/100
In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is 723 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING.

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Speed index
19/100
2/100
FP32
23.04 TFLOPS
2.80 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.25 GHz
1.37 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
112 GB/s
TDP
300 W
120 W
Launch Price
999 $
229 $

GPU

GPUASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU ChipNavi 21GM206-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors808
Shader51201024
Render Output Units12832
Texture Units32064
Raytracing Cores80--
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The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, which has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Memory Size16 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s112 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Base Clock1.825 GHz1.304 GHz
Boost Clock2.250 GHz1.367 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.02 GHz1.34 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.825 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 1.304 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
TDP300 W120 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm2 x 85 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.2
DVI--1
USB-C1--
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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 ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNon addressable LEDAddressable LED
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The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1DecodeNo
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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

DimensionsASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Length267 mm262 mm
Height120 mm127 mm
Width50 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 50 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 262 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Radeon RX 6900 XTGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2021Q1/2016
Launch Price999 $229 $
Structure size7 nm28 nm
Part-no RX6900XT-16GGV-N960XTREME-4GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING was introduced in Q1/2016 at a price of 229 $.

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 ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT +813.3 %

  1. 9,836
  2. 1,077

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 9,889
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 3,619
  2. no data

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. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 75 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 114 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 38 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 74 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 126 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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. 110 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT +673.3 %

  1. 161,394
  2. 20,871

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT +577.9 %

  1. 161,439
  2. 23,815

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 235,478
  2. no data

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