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AMD Radeon RX 560 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

WINNER
30.6Inno Score
VS
29.5Inno Score
20Rasterization20.5
20Ray Tracing20
23.8Memoryspec-based21.4
86.7Efficiencyspec-based79.4
20Compute21.7
6 spec wins — AMD Radeon RX 5602 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: AMD Radeon RX 560 scores 30.6 against 29.5 for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Pick by the categories that matter to you, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Radeon RX 560

  • 100% higher VRAM: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 50% lower process: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 33% lower TDP: 80 W vs 120 W
  • Lower launch price: $99 vs $199

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • 67% higher PassMark G3D: 6,150 vs 3,688
  • 24% higher 3DMark Time Spy: 2,300 vs 1,851

General

General comparison: AMD Radeon RX 560 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 560NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Announced20172015
ArchitecturePolaris (GCN 4)Maxwell
Process14 nm+50%28 nm
TDP80 W+33%120 W
Power connector—1x 6-pin

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Radeon RX 560 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 560NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Shading units1,0241,024
Base clock1,175 MHz+4%1,127 MHz
Boost clock1,275 MHz+8%1,178 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Radeon RX 560 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 560NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VRAM4 GB+100%2 GB
VRAM typeGDDR5GDDR5
Bus width128 bit128 bit
Bandwidth112 GB/s112 GB/s

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Radeon RX 560 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 560NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
3DMark Time Spy1,851Bottom 5%2,300+24%Bottom 6%
PassMark G3D3,688Bottom 3%6,150+67%Bottom 7%

Features

Features comparison: AMD Radeon RX 560 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
SpecAMD Radeon RX 560NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Upscaling—None

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