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MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE vs MSI Radeon VII 16G

MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100
MSI Radeon VII 16G
MSI Radeon VII 16G 16 GB HBM2 · 1.75 GHz · 300 W Speed index 11/100
In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE and the MSI Radeon VII 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon VII 16G is 425 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE.

MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
Speed index
2/100
11/100
FP32
2.49 TFLOPS
13.07 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22 GHz
1.75 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
16 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
1,024 GB/s
TDP
120 W
300 W
Launch Price
229 $
699 $

GPU

GPUMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960AMD Radeon VII
GPU ChipGM206-300-A1Vega 20 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors860
Shader10243840
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units64240
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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.

MSI Radeon VII 16G is based on AMD Radeon VII, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.

Memory

MemoryMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
Memory Size4 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5HBM2
Memory Clock1.753 GHz1.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps2.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s1,024 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit4,096 bit
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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 MSI Radeon VII 16G can access 16 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
Base Clock1.152 GHz1.400 GHz
Boost Clock1.216 GHz1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.20 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE clocks in the base with up to 1.152 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon VII 16G is 1.400 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
TDP120 W300 W
Tjunction max98 °C99 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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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 MSI Radeon VII 16G has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 100 mm3 x 75 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB32 dB
Noise (Load)--52 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon VII 16G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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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 MSI Radeon VII 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon VII 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
Length267 mm267 mm
Height139 mm121 mm
Width40 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight833 g1,280 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE is 267 mm long, 139 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon VII 16G is 267 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LEMSI Radeon VII 16G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2019
Launch Price229 $699 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-no--Radeon VII 16G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G LE was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 229 $.

The MSI Radeon VII 16G was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 699 $.

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. 65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 150 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 MSI Radeon VII 16G +376.1 %

  1. 18,560
  2. 88,364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon VII 16G +332.3 %

  1. 21,178
  2. 91,547

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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  2. 76,267

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