GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 and the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS, 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.

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
1024 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 40

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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS is 1.605 GHz.

1.152 GHz Base Clock 1.605 GHz
1.203 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS has a TDP of 215 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 215 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 No
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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS is 257 mm long, 127 mm high and 41 mm wide.

177 mm Length 257 mm
121 mm Height 127 mm
36 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 856 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

GV-N960WF2CN-2GD Part-no --
Q3/2015 Release date Q3/2019
199 $ Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 12 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
8 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
8 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
8 GB GDDR6
62 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
8 GB GDDR6
74 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER VENTUS
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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