EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ and the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech is based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ GPU MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10 XT
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 1
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
1024 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ clocks in the base with up to 1.279 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech is 1.605 GHz.

1.279 GHz Base Clock 1.605 GHz
1.342 GHz Boost Clock 1.905 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.76 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) 335 W
98 °C Tjunction max 99 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech has 2 MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (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) 45 dB

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 EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
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 Decode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ is 256 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech is 232 mm long, 126 mm high and 46 mm wide.

256 mm Length 232 mm
111 mm Height 126 mm
-- Width 46 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 794 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ was released in Q1/2015 at a price of 229 $.

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 419 $.

02G-P4-2966-KR Part-no --
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2019
229 $ Launch Price 419 $
28 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet 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

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)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
56 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)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
16 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
70 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)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech
8 GB GDDR6
149 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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