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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING vs ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.37 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.37 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.80 TFLOPS.

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver 8 GB HBM2 · 1.55 GHz · 295 W Speed index 10/100

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver has 4096 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.55 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.66 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver is 352 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
Speed index
2/100
10/100
FP32
2.80 TFLOPS
12.66 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.37 GHz
1.55 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
484 GB/s
TDP
120 W
295 W
Launch Price
229 $
499 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960AMD RX Vega 64
GPU ChipGM206-300-A1Vega 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors864
Shader10244096
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units64256
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 64 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5HBM2
Memory Clock1.753 GHz0.945 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps1.9 Gbps
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s484 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit2,048 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.945GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
Base Clock1.304 GHz1.247 GHz
Boost Clock1.367 GHz1.546 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.34 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has a turbo clock of 1.367 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver is 1.546 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
TDP120 W295 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 85 mm1 x 75 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4
DVI1--
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDAddressable LEDNon addressable LED
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
Length262 mm283 mm
Height127 mm130 mm
Width40 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMINGASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2016Q3/2017
Launch Price229 $499 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Part-noGV-N960XTREME-4GDRXVEGA64-8G-SILVER
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING was released in Q1/2016.

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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)

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  2. 64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 92 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 128 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 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver +221.3 %

  1. 20,871
  2. 67,049

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 Silver +206.3 %

  1. 23,815
  2. 72,946

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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  2. 76,720

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