GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC GPU PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC
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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 4 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 1.203 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.266 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 175 W.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC 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 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC 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
-- DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

283 mm Length 255 mm
139 mm Height 111 mm
41 mm Width 41 mm
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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC came on the market in Q4/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

27NSL6UCT7OC Part-no KF960GTX4GEPB
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2015
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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
61 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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
148 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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