GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X Benchmark and Specs

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 2.46 TFLOPS.

Based on

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

GPU Chip

GM206-300-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)

Streaming Multiprocessors

8

Shader

1024

Render Output Units

32

Texture Units

64

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X can use 2 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s on a 128 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size

2 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Clock

1.753 GHz

Memory Speed

7.0 Gbps

Memory bandwidth

112 GB/s

Memory Interface

128 bit

The base clock frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X is 1.152 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock

1.152 GHz+2 %

Boost Clock

1.203 GHz+2 %

Avg (Game) Clock

1.178 GHz

Overclocking

Yes

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

TDP

120 W

Tjunction max

98 °C

PCIe-Power

2 x 6-Pin

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X has a total of 2 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type

Axial

Fan 1

2 x 90 mm

Cooler-Type

Air cooling

Noise (Idle)

0 dB / Silent

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

1x HDMI 2.0

DisplayPort

3x DP 1.2

DVI

2

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X has a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

Max. resolution

4096x2160

DirectX

12_1

Raytracing

No

DLSS / FSR

No

LED

Addressable LED

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264

Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC

No

VP8

Decode

VP9

No

AV1

No

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X is 244 mm long and 115 mm high. With a width of 36 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length

244 mm

Height

115 mm

Width

36 mm

Width (Slots)

2 PCIe-Slots

SFF-Ready

No

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X made in 28 nm was published in Q2/2015 for 199 $.

GPU Interface

PCIe 3 x 16

Release date

Q2/2015

Launch Price

199 $

Structure size

28 nm

Part-no

GV-N960WF2-2GD

Documents

data sheet