The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 115 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 is 323 % faster than the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 has the Navi 22 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
Memory Size
10 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.800 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
7.2 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
115 GB/s
Memory Interface
160 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC is 7.2 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.800 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
Base Clock
1.941 GHz
1.253 GHz
Boost Clock
2.495 GHz
1.317 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.23 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
TDP
220 W
120 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 220 W.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Non addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC
Length
260 mm
215 mm
Height
120 mm
121 mm
Width
49 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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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.
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.
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.
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