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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.21 GHz · 75 W Speed index 2/100

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G has 896 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.21 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.17 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.41 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is 11 % faster than the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Speed index
2/100
2/100
FP32
2.17 TFLOPS
2.41 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.21 GHz
1.18 GHz
Memory Size
2 GB GDDR5
2 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
112 GB/s
TDP
75 W
120 W
Launch Price
139 $
199 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Based onAMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU ChipBaffin PROGM206-300-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors148
Shader8961024
Render Output Units1632
Texture Units5664
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Baffin architecture, which has 14 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Memory Size2 GB2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.750 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s112 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit128 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Base Clock1.090 GHz1.127 GHz
Boost Clock1.212 GHz1.178 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G has a turbo clock of 1.212 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is 1.178 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
TDP75 W120 W
Tjunction max95 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power--1 x 6-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G has -- connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 80 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Max. Displays34
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort1x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.2
DVI11
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_012_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_0.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8NoDecode
VP9NoNo
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 Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Length191 mm241 mm
Height111 mm--
Width37 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G is 37 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is 37 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2GNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 8PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2016Q1/2015
Launch Price139 $199 $
Structure size14 nm28 nm
Part-noGV-RX460WF2OC-2GD--
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 2G was released in Q3/2016.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 published in Q1/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 +4.8 %

  1. 17,147
  2. 17,964

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 +10.0 %

  1. 18,636
  2. 20,498

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 16,799
  2. no data

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