GPU comparison with benchmarks

PNY GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition

PNY GeForce GTX 960
PNY GeForce GTX 960 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 120 W Speed index 2/100
In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 960 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition is 572 % faster than the PNY GeForce GTX 960.

PNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Speed index
2/100
13/100
FP32
2.41 TFLOPS
16.20 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.18 GHz
1.67 GHz
Memory Size
2 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
448 GB/s
TDP
120 W
200 W
Launch Price
199 $
399 $
67 pts
347 pts

GPU

GPUPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU ChipGM206-300-A1GA104-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors838
Shader10244864
Render Output Units3280
Texture Units64152
Raytracing Cores--38
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The PNY GeForce GTX 960 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.

Memory

MemoryPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Memory Size2 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s448 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit256 bit
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The PNY GeForce GTX 960 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Base Clock1.127 GHz1.410 GHz
Boost Clock1.178 GHz1.665 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The PNY GeForce GTX 960 clocks in the base with up to 1.127 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition is 1.410 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
TDP120 W200 W
TDP (up)--220 W
Tjunction max98 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Fan-TypeRadialAxial Push
Fan 11 x 65 mm2 x 85 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--36 dB
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The PNY GeForce GTX 960 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition has 2 Axial Push fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
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 PNY GeForce GTX 960.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The PNY GeForce GTX 960 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Length245 mm242 mm
Height110 mm112 mm
Width41 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight--1,028 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The PNY GeForce GTX 960 is 245 mm long, 110 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition is 242 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataPNY GeForce GTX 960NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2015Q4/2020
Launch Price199 $399 $
Structure size28 nm8 nm
Part-noGF960GTX2GEPB--
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The PNY GeForce GTX 960 was released in Q1/2015 at a price of 199 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 399 $.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition +458.5 %

  1. 996
  2. 5,563

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 6,809

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,907

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)

  1. no data
  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 47 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 71 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)

  1. no data
  2. 18 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 88 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)

  1. no data
  2. 68 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 120 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 166 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition +507.2 %

  1. 17,964
  2. 109,084

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition +404.8 %

  1. 20,498
  2. 103,467

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