The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom has 16384 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.52 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 82.58 TFLOPS.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.41 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom is 3,327 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ada Lovelace architecture, which has 128 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design
Memory Size
24 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.313 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
21.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
1,008 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
128 bit
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom is equipped with a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.313 GHz clocks.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design
Base Clock
2.235 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
2.520 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom has a turbo clock of 2.520 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design is 1.178 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design
TDP
450 W
120 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 16-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
3 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom are cooled with a Air cooling.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1a
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom
GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design
Length
329 mm
255 mm
Height
142 mm
124 mm
Width
70 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
4 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom is 70 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the GALAX GeForce GTX 960 Reference Design is 70 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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.
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.
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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