GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
GeForce RTX 2080
559%
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2080 |
| 459% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| 80 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 2080 . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2080
The GeForce RTX 2080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2080 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU104 (TU104-400A-A1) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 2944 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 23 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1515 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 184 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2080 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 2080 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Aug 2018 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
GeForce RTX 2080
106.90 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2080
307.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2080
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2080
9833.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2080
176
GeForce GTX 960
53
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 2080
163
GeForce GTX 960
22
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 2080
172
GeForce GTX 960
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2080
154
GeForce GTX 960
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2080
141
GeForce GTX 960
37
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 2080
106
GeForce GTX 960
18
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 2080
120
GeForce GTX 960
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2080
111
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 2080
52
GeForce GTX 960
5
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce RTX 2080
60
GeForce GTX 960
9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2080
61
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)