ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
GPU comparison with benchmarksIn 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.
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GPUThe 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. |
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| ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT | GPU | GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING |
| AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT | Based on | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
| Navi 21 | GPU Chip | GM206-300-A1 |
| RDNA 2 | Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 |
| 80 | Streaming Multiprocessors | 8 |
| 5120 | Shader | 1024 |
| 128 | Render Output Units | 32 |
| 320 | Texture Units | 64 |
| 80 | Raytracing Cores | 0 |
MemoryThe 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. |
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| 16 GB | Memory Size | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 2.000 GHz | Memory Clock | 1.753 GHz |
| 16.0 Gbps | Memory Speed | 7.0 Gbps |
| 512 GB/s | Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
| 256 bit | Memory Interface | 128 bit |
Clock SpeedsThe 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. |
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| 1.825 GHz | Base Clock | 1.304 GHz |
| 2.250 GHz | Boost Clock | 1.367 GHz |
| 2.02 GHz | Avg (Game) Clock | 1.34 GHz |
| Yes | Overclocking | Yes |
Thermal DesignThe 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. |
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| 300 W | TDP | 120 W |
| 345 W | TDP (up) | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max | 98 °C |
| 2 x 8-Pin | PCIe-Power | 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin |
Cooler & FansThe 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. |
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| Axial | Fan-Type | Axial |
| 3 x 80 mm | Fan 1 | 2 x 85 mm |
| -- | Fan 2 | -- |
| Air cooling | Cooler-Type | Air cooling |
| 0 dB | Noise (Idle) | 0 dB |
| -- | Noise (Load) | -- |
ConnectivityIn 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. |
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| 4 | Max. Displays | 4 |
| 2.3 | HDCP-Version | 2.2 |
| 1x HDMI v2.1 | HDMI Ports | 1x HDMI v2.0 |
| 2x DP v1.4a | DP Ports | 3x DP v1.2 |
| -- | DVI Ports | 1 |
| -- | VGA Ports | -- |
| 1 | USB-C Ports | -- |
FeaturesetThe 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. |
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| 7680x4320 | Max. resolution | 4096x2160 |
| 12_2 (Ultimate) | DirectX | 12_1 |
| Yes | Raytracing | No |
| Yes | DLSS / FSR | No |
| Non addressable LED | LED | Addressable LED |
Supported Video CodecsThe support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos. |
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| Decode / Encode | h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | h265 / HEVC | No |
| Decode | AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | VP8 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | VP9 | No |
DimensionsThe 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. |
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| 267 mm | Length | 262 mm |
| 120 mm | Height | 127 mm |
| 50 mm | Width | 40 mm |
| 3 PCIe-Slots | Width (Slots) | 2 PCIe-Slots |
| -- | Weight | -- |
| PCIe 4.0 x 16 | GPU Interface | PCIe 3 x 16 |
Additional dataThe ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $ (Reference). The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING was introduced in Q1/2016 at a price of 229 $. |
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| RX6900XT-16G | Part-no | GV-N960XTREME-4GD |
| Q2/2021 | Release date | Q1/2016 |
| 999 $ (Reference) | Launch Price | 229 $ |
| 7 nm | Structure size | 28 nm |
| data sheet | Documents | data sheet |
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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
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ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
4 GB GDDR5 |
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Port Royal (Raytracing)
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16 GB GDDR6 |
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Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)
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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)
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2560x1440 (1440p)
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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.
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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.
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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
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ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
4 GB GDDR5 |
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Geekbench 6 - Vulkan
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ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
4 GB GDDR5 |
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Geekbench 6 - Metal
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16 GB GDDR6 |
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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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ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6 |
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
4 GB GDDR5 |
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