GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1024 Shader 5888
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 clocks in the base with up to 1.152 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G is 1.920 GHz.

1.152 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
1.203 GHz Boost Clock 2.565 GHz
1.18 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G has a TDP of 200 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 200 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 is 177 mm long, 121 mm high and 36 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G is 300 mm long, 130 mm high and 58 mm wide.

177 mm Length 300 mm
121 mm Height 130 mm
36 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 199 $.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G was introduced in Q2/2023 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

GV-N960WF2CN-2GD Part-no GV-N4070AERO OC-12GD
Q3/2015 Release date Q2/2023
199 $ Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 5 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
135 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
37 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
129 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
102 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO OC 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
207 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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