PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 608 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan has the GA104-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GA104-400-A1 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
6144 Shader 1024
96 Render Output Units 32
192 Texture Units 64
48 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan clocks at 1.188 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
608 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.580 GHz Base Clock 1.304 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.367 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.34 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 290 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

294 mm Length 262 mm
112 mm Height 127 mm
56 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING came on the market in Q1/2016 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

VCG3070T8TFXPPB Part-no GV-N960XTREME-4GD
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2016
599 $ Launch Price 229 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet 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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