GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Oct 2017
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
GeForce GTX 960
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    414%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

314% 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
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960

60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1070 TiGeForce GTX 960
GPU NameGP104 (GP104-300-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-300-A1)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size314 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors7,200 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders2432vs1024
Compute Units19vs8
Core clock1607 MHzvs1127 MHz
ROPs64vs32
TMUs152vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1070 TiGeForce GTX 960
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1070 TiGeForce GTX 960
TDP180 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date26 Oct 2017vs22 Jan 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    107.70 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    36.10 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    255.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    72.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    256.30 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    112.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    8186.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 960
    2308.10 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    134
  • GeForce GTX 960
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    154
  • GeForce GTX 960
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    131
  • GeForce GTX 960
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    126
  • GeForce GTX 960
    31

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    106
  • GeForce GTX 960
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    86
  • GeForce GTX 960
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    107
  • GeForce GTX 960
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    85
  • GeForce GTX 960
    18

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    83
  • GeForce GTX 960
    21

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    79
  • GeForce GTX 960
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    45
  • GeForce GTX 960
    9

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    42
  • GeForce GTX 960
    5

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    42
  • GeForce GTX 960
    9

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    46
  • GeForce GTX 960
    14

FPS (higher is better)