Comparing GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

gpu GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 WINDFORCE 2X OC 4GB Rev. 1.0 item

• GPU Chip
  GM206-300-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) GP106-400-A1
• Execution units
  8 10
• Shader
  1024 1280
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Texture Units
  64 80

• Memory Size
  4 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Clock
  1.753 GHz 2.002 GHz
• Memory Speed
  7.01 Gbps 8 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  112 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 192 bit

• Base Clock
  1.241 GHz+ 10 % 1.506 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.304 GHz+ 11 % 1.708 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.279 GHz --

• TDP
  120 W 120 W

• Max. resolution
  4096x2160 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2016
• Launch Price
  229 $ 249 $
• Structure size
  28 nm 16 nm