ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference Benchmark and Specs

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference has 8 execution units with 1024 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 2.41 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference is equipped with 2 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.753 GHz and the speed is 7.01 Gbps.

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 frequency of this graphics card is 1.127 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.178 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock

1.127 GHz

Boost Clock

1.178 GHz

Overclocking

Yes

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

TDP

120 W

Tjunction max

98 °C

PCIe-Power

1 x 6-Pin

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference are cooled by a Air cooling.

Fan-Type

Radial

Fan 1

1 x 65 mm

Cooler-Type

Air cooling

Noise (Idle)

0 dB / Silent

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

1x HDMI 2.0

DisplayPort

3x DP 1.2

DVI

1

With the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported.

Max. resolution

4096x2160

DirectX

12_1

Raytracing

No

DLSS / FSR

No

LED

No LED lighting

This area lists the video codecs that the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

h264

Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC

No

VP8

Decode

VP9

No

AV1

No

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 241 mm long, 111 mm high and 41 mm wide.

Length

241 mm

Height

111 mm

Width

41 mm

Width (Slots)

2 PCIe-Slots

SFF-Ready

No

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 199 $. The graphics card manufactured in 28 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes.

GPU Interface

PCIe 3 x 16

Release date

Q2/2015

Launch Price

199 $

Structure size

28 nm

Part-no

ZT-90305-10P