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ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 vs Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64

ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100
In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 and the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is 437 % faster than the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960.

ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
Speed index
2/100
11/100
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
12.94 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.18 GHz
1.58 GHz
Memory Size
2 GB GDDR5
8 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
484 GB/s
TDP
120 W
295 W
Launch Price
199 $
499 $

GPU

GPUASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960AMD RX Vega 64
GPU ChipGM206-300-A1Vega 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors864
Shader10244096
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units64256
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is based on AMD RX Vega 64, which has 4096 shaders and 64 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
Memory Size2 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5HBM2
Memory Clock1.753 GHz0.945 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps1.9 Gbps
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s484 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit2,048 bit
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
Base Clock1.127 GHz1.373 GHz
Boost Clock1.178 GHz1.580 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 clocks in the base with up to 1.127 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is 1.373 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
TDP120 W295 W
TDP (up)--375 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 has a TDP of 295 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 75 mm2 x 92 mm
Fan 2--1 x 80 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 has 3 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.02x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.22x DP 1.4
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 Turbo GeForce GTX 960.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
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 Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
Length264 mm310 mm
Height121 mm133 mm
Width37 mm54 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 is 264 mm long, 121 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 is 310 mm long, 133 mm high and 54 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2015Q3/2017
Launch Price199 $499 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Part-noTURBO-GTX960-2GD511275-03
Documents--data sheet
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 960 was released in Q4/2015 at a price of 199 $.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $.

Benchmark results

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)

  1. no data
  2. 65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 131 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 +281.5 %

  1. 17,964
  2. 68,532

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 +263.7 %

  1. 20,498
  2. 74,559

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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  2. 78,417

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