RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 960 OEM

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated12
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.84
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM206AD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date26 November 2015 (9 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores102412800
Core clock speed1176 MHz1155 MHz
Boost clock speed1201 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data250 Watt
Texture fill rate76.861,020
Floating-point processing power2.46 TFLOPS65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs32176
TMUs64400
Tensor Coresno data400
Ray Tracing Coresno data100

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.2 GB/s576.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.28.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 November 2015 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 5000 Ada Generation has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960 OEM and RTX 5000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960 OEM is a desktop card while RTX 5000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
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