The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 has the GM206-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 10 XT, which comes from the Ellesmere architecture.
Memory
Memory
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
Memory Size
2 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
Base Clock
1.177 GHz
1.120 GHz
Boost Clock
1.240 GHz
1.266 GHz
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
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
TDP
120 W
150 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 75 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
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
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 480
Length
206 mm
240 mm
Height
111 mm
95 mm
Width
--
35 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon RX 480 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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