PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 and the Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-302-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1024 Shader 5888
32 Render Output Units 96
64 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 clocks in the base with up to 1.304 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR is 1.500 GHz.

1.304 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.367 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 41-43 dB

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 PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 is 241 mm long, 109 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR is 304 mm long, 136 mm high and -- wide.

241 mm Length 304 mm
109 mm Height 136 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 249 $.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom V1 LHR was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 659 $.

K2960GTX2GEPB Part-no NE63070019P2-1040P
Q3/2015 Release date Q4/2020
249 $ Launch Price 659 $
28 nm Structure size 8 nm
-- 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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