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ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC vs AMD Radeon RX 470

ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.32 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100
AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.21 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100
In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC and the AMD Radeon RX 470, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 84 % faster than the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC.

ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
Speed index
2/100
4/100
FP32
2.69 TFLOPS
4.94 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.32 GHz
1.21 GHz
Memory Size
2 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
115 GB/s
211 GB/s
TDP
120 W
120 W
Launch Price
229 $
179 $
67 pts
114 pts

GPU

GPUASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960AMD Radeon RX 470
GPU ChipGM206-300-A1Polaris 10 PRO
Streaming Multiprocessors832
Shader10242048
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units64128
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on AMD Radeon RX 470, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
Memory Size2 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.800 GHz1.650 GHz
Memory Speed7.2 Gbps6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth115 GB/s211 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit256 bit
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 115 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
Base Clock1.253 GHz0.926 GHz
Boost Clock1.317 GHz1.206 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC clocks in the base with up to 1.253 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 0.926 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
TDP120 W120 W
Tjunction max98 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 75 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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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 Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeNo
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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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 Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
Length215 mm240 mm
Height121 mm95 mm
Width41 mm35 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC is 215 mm long, 121 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OCAMD Radeon RX 470
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2015Q3/2016
Launch Price229 $179 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Part-noSTRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5--
Documents--data sheet
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC was released in Q1/2015 at a price of 229 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 179 $.

Benchmark results

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 470 +80.5 %

  1. 20,051
  2. 36,194

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 470 +71.3 %

  1. 22,880
  2. 39,194

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 36,011

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