PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2
vs
PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 and the PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan, 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.

PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC2 GPU PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-202-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1024 Shader 4864
32 Render Output Units 80
64 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan can access 8 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 608 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 608 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan is 1.410 GHz.

1.304 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.367 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan 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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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
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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan is 250 mm long, 117 mm high and 47 mm wide.

241 mm Length 250 mm
109 mm Height 117 mm
42 mm Width 47 mm
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 PNY GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GDDR6X) 8GB GDDR6X VERTO Dual Fan was introduced in Q1/2023 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

K2960GTX2GEPB Part-no VCG3061T8LDFBPB1
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2023
249 $ Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
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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