Radeon RX 6700 XT vs GeForce GTX 960

Radeon RX 6700 XT
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 6700 XT
GeForce GTX 960
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    406%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6700 XT

306% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 6700 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6700 XT

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6700 XTGeForce GTX 960
GPU NameNavi 22 (Navi 22 XT)vsGM206 (GM206-300-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs28 nm
Die Size0 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs2,940 million
Shaders2560vs1024
Compute Units40vs8
Core clock1489 MHzvs1127 MHz
ROPs64vs32
TMUs192vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6700 XTGeForce GTX 960
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6700 XTGeForce GTX 960
TDP150 wattsvs120 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs22 Jan 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    128.00 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    36.10 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    384.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    72.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    384.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    112.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    10240.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 960
    2308.10 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    149
  • GeForce GTX 960
    36

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    106
  • GeForce GTX 960
    27

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    58
  • GeForce GTX 960
    14

FPS (higher is better)