Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
174%
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 74% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon RX 6500 XT
The Radeon RX 6500 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
GeForce GTX 960
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)