ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.24 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.54 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G has 1152 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.75 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 9 execution units.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1024 Shader 1152
32 Render Output Units 48
64 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G has a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB has a turbo clock of 1.240 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is 1.746 GHz.

1.177 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.240 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

120 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
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 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

206 mm Length 278 mm
111 mm Height 114 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 4GB was released in Q1/2015.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

ZT-90308-10M Part-no GV-N1060D5-3GD
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2016
249 $ Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 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

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 D5 3G
3 GB GDDR5
66 fps (avg)

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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