Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS
vs
Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.37 TFLOPS.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.27 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.59 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS GPU Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
5888 Shader 1024
96 Render Output Units 32
184 Texture Units 64
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

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 Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream is 1.266 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.266 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

270 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
41-43 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

304 mm Length 247 mm
136 mm Height 126 mm
-- Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS was released in Q4/2020.

The Palit GeForce GTX 960 JetStream published in Q1/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

NE63070T19P2-1040P Part-no NE5X960H1041J
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2015
679 $ Launch Price 229 $
8 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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