Comparing MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC vs MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME

gpu MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME item

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
• GPU Chip
  GM206-300-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) GP106-300-A1
• Execution units
  8 9
• Shader
  1024 1152
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Texture Units
  64 72

• Memory Size
  2 GB 3 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  7.01 Gbps 2.002 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  112 GB/s 192 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 192 bit

• Base Clock
  1.241 GHz+ 10 % 1.544 GHz+ 3 %
• Boost Clock
  1.304 GHz+ 11 % 1.759 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.253 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  120 W 120 W
• Tjunction max
  98 \xc2\xb0C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.2 1x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 1

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

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

• Length
  267 mm 243 mm
• Height
  139 mm 115 mm
• Width
  48 mm 39 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  860 g 556 g

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2016
• Structure size
  28 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  V320-005R --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet