PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (Ada Lovelace) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan has the AD104-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AD104-250-A1 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Ada Lovelace Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
5888 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 32
184 Texture Units 64
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan clocks at 1.313 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 21.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
504 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.920 GHz Base Clock 1.152 GHz
2.475 GHz Boost Clock 1.203 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.18 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 200 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

200 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 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 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual 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 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting 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 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

247 mm Length 177 mm
120 mm Height 121 mm
41 mm Width 36 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The PNY GeForce RTX 4070 12GB VERTO Dual Fan has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q2/2023.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Rev. 1.0 came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

VCG407012DFXPB1 Part-no GV-N960WF2CN-2GD
Q2/2023 Release date Q3/2015
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $
5 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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