The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory Size
2 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM2
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
0.800 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
1.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
410 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
2,048 bit
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.800GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.156 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.471 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.471 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
TDP
120 W
210 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 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 Vega 56 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 75 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
37 dB
Noise (Load)
--
49 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
--
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
--
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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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
Dimensions
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Length
215 mm
280 mm
Height
121 mm
127 mm
Width
41 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
1,090 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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