EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 (RDNA 2) and has 10 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB has the GM206-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 is based on the graphics chip Navi 22, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 22
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1024 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 160 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.127 GHz Base Clock 1.941 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 2.495 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.23 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 220 W.

120 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 85 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

256 mm Length 260 mm
111 mm Height 120 mm
-- Width 49 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q1/2015.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 came on the market in Q2/2022 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

04G-P4-3963-KR Part-no 11321-02
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2022
229 $ Launch Price 429 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 7 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
61 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
77 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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
129 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
172 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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