GeForce RTX 2060 vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
GeForce RTX 2060
276%
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060 |
| 176% 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 |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 2060 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 2060
The GeForce RTX 2060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU106 (TU106-200A-KA-A1) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 445 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 10,800 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 1920 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 30 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1365 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 120 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 2060 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 160 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Jan 2019 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
GeForce RTX 2060
80.64 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060
201.60 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060
336.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060
6451.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060
123
GeForce GTX 960
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060
106
GeForce GTX 960
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060
105
GeForce GTX 960
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060
76
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060
41
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)