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GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 480

GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 480: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

2 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Graphic Card - 1.30 GHz Core - 1.37 GHz Boost Clock - 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16 - Dual 02G-P4-2968-KR

Buy for $319 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74590 minutes ago

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AMD Radeon RX 480

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G

Buy for $188 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74591 minutes ago

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

2 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Graphic Card - 1.30 GHz Core - 1.37 GHz Boost Clock - 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16 - Dual 02G-P4-2968-KR

Buy for $319 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74590 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX 480

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G

Buy for $188 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74591 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 480 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 960 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 480 is 524 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 960.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • Consumes up to 20% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 120 vs 150 Watts

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

  • Performs up to 8% better in World of Warcraft than GeForce GTX 960 - 152 vs 141 FPS
  • Up to 41% cheaper than GeForce GTX 960 - $188.0 vs $319.0
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 - 8 vs 2 GB
This is a free version of World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo
GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015


FPS

141

92.76315789473685%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$319

58%

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Graphic Card - 1.30 GHz Core - 1.37 GHz Boost Clock - 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16 - Dual 02G-P4-2968-KR

Buy for $319 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74590 minutes ago

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016


FPS

152

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$188

100%

FPS Winner

Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G

Buy for $188 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74591 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo
GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo
GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015


Pixel Fillrate

37.7 GPixel/s

93.063441125648%

Texel Fillrate

75.39 GTexel/s

41.354909489851885%

AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo
Radeon RX 480

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016


Pixel Fillrate

40.51 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

182.3 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

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AMD Radeon RX 480 Logo

AMD Radeon RX 480

Jan 22nd, 2015Release Date
Jun 29th, 2016
GeForce 900GenerationArctic Islands
$199
MSRP$229
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
128-bitBus256-bit
112.2 GB/sBandwidth
256 GB/s
1127 MHz
Base Clock Speed1120 MHz
1178 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1266 MHz
1753 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

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