GeForce GTX 780 vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
GeForce GTX 780
132%
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 780
153%
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 |
| 53% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| 130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 . |
| 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) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 780
The GeForce GTX 780 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 863 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 23 May 2013 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
13770
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
52
GeForce GTX 960
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
68
GeForce GTX 960
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
39
GeForce GTX 960
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
57
GeForce GTX 960
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
36
GeForce GTX 960
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
73
GeForce GTX 960
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
47
GeForce GTX 960
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780
54
GeForce GTX 960
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
29
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
43
GeForce GTX 960
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
19
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
23
GeForce GTX 960
7
FPS (higher is better)