GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC)
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 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 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) has the GA102-350-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GA102-350-A1 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
10752 Shader 1024
112 Render Output Units 32
336 Texture Units 64
84 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) clocks at 1.313 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 21.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

24 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
1008 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.560 GHz Base Clock 1.216 GHz
1.875 GHz Boost Clock 1.279 GHz
1.86 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.25 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) is powered by 1 x 16-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 450 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

450 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
92 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 102 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
1 x 92 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 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

337 mm Length 244 mm
147 mm Height 114 mm
62 mm Width 36 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3090 Ti EX Gamer ST (1-Click OC) has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2022.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1 came on the market in Q2/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

39IXM5MD6HEG Part-no GV-N960OC-4GD
Q1/2022 Release date Q2/2015
1,999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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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