MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.79 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.02 TFLOPS.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.37 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.80 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G GPU PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
5888 Shader 1024
96 Render Output Units 32
184 Texture Units 64
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G has a turbo clock of 1.785 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is 1.367 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.304 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.367 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 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.

270 W TDP 120 W
280 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G is 61 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is 61 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

335 mm Length 241 mm
140 mm Height 109 mm
61 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1735 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G was released in Q4/2020.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 published in Q3/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

-- Part-no K2960GTX2GEPB
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2015
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
84 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
23 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
101 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 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
145 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim SE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
193 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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