ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC and the Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro, 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.

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC GPU Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1024 Shader 5888
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

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 Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
115 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 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 Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro is 1.920 GHz.

1.253 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
1.317 GHz Boost Clock 2.475 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 Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
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 Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC is 215 mm long, 121 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro is 329 mm long, 133 mm high and 64 mm wide.

215 mm Length 329 mm
121 mm Height 133 mm
41 mm Width 64 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 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 Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro was introduced in Q2/2023 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5 Part-no NED4070019K9-1043A
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2023
229 $ Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 5 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

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

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)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
93 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
130 fps (avg)

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)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
124 fps (avg)

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)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
98 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
172 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 4070 GamingPro
12 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)

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

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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