PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.27 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.59 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 20.66 TFLOPS.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip GA104-300-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 OC Gaming is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

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 OC Gaming has a turbo clock of 1.266 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition is 1.755 GHz.

1.203 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

120 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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 OC Gaming is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

212 mm Length 229 mm
112 mm Height 120 mm
41 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, PNY GeForce GTX 960 XLR8 OC Gaming was released in Q2/2016.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 SI Edition published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

KF960GTXXG2GEPB Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2021
229 $ Launch Price 499 $ (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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