Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming 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.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
TU106 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Turing Architecture Maxwell 2.0
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2304 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 32
144 Texture Units 64
36 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

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

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.216 GHz
1.620 GHz Boost Clock 1.279 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 175 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

175 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 85 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP).

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

235 mm Length 173 mm
112 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming came on the market in Q1/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

426018336-4269 Part-no 02G-P4-2962-KR
Q4/2018 Release date Q1/2015
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
12 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
8 GB GDDR6
54 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
8 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
8 GB GDDR6
132 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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