The Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (Blackwell 2.0) and has 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC has the GB206-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T
Memory Size
8 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR7
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
28.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 28.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T
Base Clock
2.280 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
2.535 GHz
1.178 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 5060 Ghost OC
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T
TDP
145 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 5060 Ghost OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T 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 5060 Ghost OC
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 2.1b
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T
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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With the Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
No
AV1
Decode / Encode
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 5060 Ghost OC
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T
Length
262 mm
273 mm
Height
126 mm
130 mm
Width
40 mm
37 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
593 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ghost OC is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 8 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T 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.
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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