NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU · Specs Compare
Graphics Card
Release Date
Nov 2015
Jan 2021
Generation
GeForce 900
GeForce 30
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
Base Clock
1176 MHz
1320 MHz
Boost Clock
1201 MHz
1777 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
1875 MHz
Memory
Memory Size
4GB
12GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128bit
192bit
Bandwidth
112.2GB/s
360.0GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units
1024
3584
TMUs
64
112
ROPs
32
48
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
3 MB
SM Count
—
28
Tensor Cores
—
112
RT Cores
—
28
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
38.43 GPixel/s
85.30 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
76.86 GTexel/s
199.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
2.460 TFLOPS
12.74 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
76.86 GFLOPS
199.0 GFLOPS
FP16 (half)
—
12.74 TFLOPS
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
GM206
GA106
GPU Variant
GTX 960 OEM
GA106-300-A1
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Ampere
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Process Size
28 nm
8 nm
Transistors
2.94 billion
12 billion
Die Size
228 mm²
276 mm²
Board Design
TDP
Unknown
170W
Suggested PSU
200 W
450 W
Outputs
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Graphics Features
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
5.2
8.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.6
Benchmark
3DMark Time Spy
—
8,747
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
—
4,097
3DMark Speed Way
—
2,181
Battlefield 5 1080p
—
142
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
—
44
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
—
30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
—
80
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
—
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
—
116
Battlefield 5 2160p
—
55
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
—
56
Battlefield 5 1440p
—
101
GTA 5 2160p
—
50
GTA 5 1440p
—
82
GTA 5 1080p
—
133
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.