NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon HD 8860 OEM. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM206GPU NameCuracao
GM206-300-A1Model numberCuracao PRO
(215-0848000)
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureGCN 1.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
2,940 millionTransistors2,800 million
228 mm²Die Size212 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 22nd, 2015Release DateJan 8th, 2013
GeForce 900FamilySea Islands
(HD 8800)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 700PredecessorSouthern Islands
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

2 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
112.2 GB/sBandwidth179.2 GB/s

Performance

37.70 GPixel/sPixel fillrate29.60 GPixel/s
75.39 GTexel/sTexture fillrate74.00 GTexel/s
2.413 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.368 TFLOPS
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance148.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1400 MHz
5.6 Gbps effective

Render Config

1024Shading Units1280
64TMUs80
32ROPs32
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
1024 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
241 mm
9.5 inches
Length241 mm
9.5 inches
120 WThermal design power (TDP)175 W
300 WSuggested PSU450 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
2x mini-DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
PG301Board NumberC632

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL1.2
1.1Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model5.1