AMD Radeon Sky 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

What is the difference between AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

PitcairnGPU NameGM206
Pitcairn XT GL
(215-0828073)
Model numberGM206-300-A1
GCN 1.0ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
2,800 millionTransistors2,940 million
212 mm²Die Size228 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 27th, 2013Release DateJan 22nd, 2015
Radeon Sky
(x00)
FamilyGeForce 900
End-of-lifeProductionActive
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus128 bit
153.6 GB/sBandwidth112.2 GB/s

Performance

30.40 GPixel/sPixel fillrate37.70 GPixel/s
76.00 GTexel/sTexture fillrate75.39 GTexel/s
2.432 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.413 TFLOPS
152.0 GFLOPS (1:16)FP64 (double) performance75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1200 MHz
4.8 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective

Render Config

1280Shading Units1024
80TMUs64
32ROPs32
16 KB (per CU)L1 Cache48 KB (per SMM)
512 KBL2 Cache1024 KB

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
242 mm
9.5 inches
Length241 mm
9.5 inches
150 WThermal design power (TDP)120 W
450 WSuggested PSU300 W
1x DisplayPortDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin

API support

12 (11_1)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
1.2OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
5.1Shader Model6.4