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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP) is 185 % faster than the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming.
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.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
Memory Size
8 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
Base Clock
1.410 GHz
1.216 GHz
Boost Clock
1.620 GHz
1.279 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
TDP
175 W
120 W
Tjunction max
89 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 85 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.2
DVI
1
2
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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.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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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.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 (3xDP)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC Gaming
Length
235 mm
173 mm
Height
112 mm
111 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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