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
World of Warcraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015
Pixel Fillrate
37.7 GPixel/s
93.063441125648%
Texel Fillrate
75.39 GTexel/s
41.354909489851885%
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
40.51 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
182.3 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
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Jan 22nd, 2015 | Release Date | Jun 29th, 2016 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | Arctic Islands |
$199 | MSRP | $229 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
2 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
112.2 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
1127 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1120 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1266 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |