Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 960

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking342not rated
Place by popularity55not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.10no data
Power efficiency9.02no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM206TU106
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date22 January 2015 (9 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores10241920
Core clock speed1127 MHz945 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate75.39165.6
Floating-point processing power2.413 TFLOPS5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)400 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 January 2015 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 160 Watt

GTX 960 has 33.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3000 X2 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960 and Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960 is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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