MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming and the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, which has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming GPU PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Navi 10 XT GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2560 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 32
160 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

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 Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming clocks in the base with up to 1.630 GHz. The base frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming is 1.203 GHz.

1.630 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.905 GHz Boost Clock 1.266 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

225 W TDP 120 W
335 W TDP (up) --
99 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming has a total of 2 MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial) fans.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial) Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
45 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 Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming is 297 mm long, 140 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming is 212 mm long, 112 mm high and 41 mm wide.

297 mm Length 212 mm
140 mm Height 112 mm
58 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1406 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 409 $.

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 229 $.

-- Part-no KF960GTXXG2GEPB
Q3/2019 Release date Q2/2016
409 $ Launch Price 229 $
7 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- 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

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 Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
56 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 Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
16 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
70 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 Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming
8 GB GDDR6
149 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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