MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE and the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, which has 16384 shaders and 128 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip AD102-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 128
1024 Shader 16384
32 Render Output Units 176
64 Texture Units 512
0 Raytracing Cores 128

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG can access 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 24 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 1008 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE clocks in the base with up to 1.152 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG is 2.235 GHz.

1.152 GHz Base Clock 2.235 GHz
1.216 GHz Boost Clock 2.550 GHz
1.20 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG has a TDP of 450 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 450 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is 267 mm long, 139 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG is 326 mm long, 140 mm high and 63 mm wide.

267 mm Length 326 mm
139 mm Height 140 mm
40 mm Width 63 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
833 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 229 $.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG was introduced in Q2/2023 at a price of 1,599 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no TUF-RTX4090-24G-OG-GAMING
Q3/2015 Release date Q2/2023
229 $ Launch Price 1,599 $ (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)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
197 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)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
81 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
186 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)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OG
24 GB GDDR6X
202 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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