RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 960

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking384not rated
Place by popularity61not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.70no data
Power efficiency9.28no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM206AD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date22 January 2015 (10 years ago)21 March 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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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 cores10243072
Core clock speed1127 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate75.39139.7
Floating-point processing power2.413 TFLOPS8.94 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs6496
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24
L1 Cache384 KB3 MB
L2 Cache1024 KB12 MB

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 4.0 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-pinNone
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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip 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 and SDK 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
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.9
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 January 2015 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 242.9% lower power consumption.

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Be aware that GeForce GTX 960 is a desktop graphics card while RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.

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