ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
vs
AMD Radeon RX 470


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC GPU AMD Radeon RX 470
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on AMD Radeon RX 470
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 10 PRO
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ellesmere
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
1024 Shader 2048
32 Render Output Units 32
64 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.650 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
115 GB/s Memory bandwidth 211 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.253 GHz Base Clock 0.926 GHz
1.317 GHz Boost Clock 1.206 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

120 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 No

Dimensions

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.

215 mm Length 240 mm
121 mm Height 95 mm
41 mm Width 35 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

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 $ (Reference).

STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5 Part-no --
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2016
229 $ Launch Price 179 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 14 nm
-- 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

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36011

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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