PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2
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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)


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PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2
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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0), 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.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1024 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 32
64 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is 1.257 GHz.
1.304 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.367 GHz Boost Clock 1.355 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
120 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.
4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 No
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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is 232 mm long, 116 mm high and 40 mm wide.
241 mm Length 232 mm
109 mm Height 116 mm
42 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 229 $.
K2960GTX2GEPB Part-no GV-RX580GAMING-8GD
Q3/2015 Release date Q4/2017
249 $ Launch Price 229 $
28 nm Structure size 14 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

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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)

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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

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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)

View all FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) benchmark results

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