NVIDIA
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
The GeForce GTX 960 is a 2015 mid-range Maxwell desktop graphics card with 1024 CUDA cores and 2GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus. It targets 1080p gaming at a 120W board power and needs one 6-pin power connector.
Pros
- Low 120W board power with a single 6-pin connector
- Modern Maxwell feature set including DirectX 12 and HDMI 2.0
- Efficient for its performance class
- Supports SLI with a second card
Cons
- 2GB of VRAM is limiting in modern games
- Narrow 128-bit memory bus
- No ray tracing or upscaling hardware
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
General
- Announced
- 2015
- Architecture
- Maxwell
- Process
- 28 nm
- TDP
- 120 W
- Power connector
- 1x 6-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 1,024
- Base clock
- 1,127 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,178 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 2 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 128 bit
- Bandwidth
- 112 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 2,300Bottom 6%
- PassMark G3D
- 6,150Bottom 7%
Features
- Upscaling
- None
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 earns an Inno Score of 29.5/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The GeForce GTX 960 is a 2015 mid-range Maxwell desktop graphics card with 1024 CUDA cores and 2GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus. It targets 1080p gaming at a 120W board power and needs one 6-pin power connector.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960?
VRAM: 2 GB · Boost clock: 1,178 MHz · TDP: 120 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 2,300
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti, AMD Radeon RX 550 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
