Comparing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs EVGA GeForce GTX 960 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4GB

gpu NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB item

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

• Memory Size
  6 GB 2 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Clock
  2.002 GHz 1.753 GHz
• Memory Speed
  8 Gbps 7.01 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  192 GB/s 112 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 128 bit

• Base Clock
  1.506 GHz 1.304 GHz+ 16 %
• Boost Clock
  1.708 GHz 1.367 GHz+ 16 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --

• TDP
  120 W 120 W

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

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

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3 x 16
• Structure size
  16 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q1/2015
• Launch Price
  249 $ 229 $