Radeon RX 6900 vs GeForce GTX 960A

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 960A with Radeon RX 6900, including specs and performance data.

GTX 960A
2015
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
7.84

RX 6900 outperforms 960A by a whopping 671% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking54339
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.4419.14
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGM107Navi 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (10 years ago)28 October 2020 (4 years 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 cores6404608
Core clock speed1029 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1085 MHz2105 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million23,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt255 Watt
Texture fill rate43.40606.2
Floating-point processing power1.389 TFLOPS19.4 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40288
L1 Cache320 KBno data
L2 Cache2 MBno data

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-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 amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s512.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA5.0-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 960A 7.84
RX 6900 60.43
+671%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 960A 3464
Samples: 32
RX 6900 26716
+671%
Samples: 7044

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.84 60.43
Recency 13 March 2015 28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 255 Watt

GTX 960A has 240% lower power consumption.

RX 6900, on the other hand, has a 670.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6900 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 960A in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960A is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 6900 is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
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