NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA RTX A4000

GPU Specs Compare

G

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

NVIDIA 2015-01
G

NVIDIA RTX A4000

NVIDIA 2021-04

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jan 2015
Apr 2021
Generation
GeForce 900
Quadro Ampere
Type
Desktop
Professional
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1127 MHz
735 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1560 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
1750 MHz

Memory

Memory Size
2GB
16GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128bit
256bit
Bandwidth
112.2GB/s
448.0GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
1024
6144
TMUs
64
192
ROPs
32
96
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
4 MB
SM Count
-
48
Tensor Cores
-
192
RT Cores
-
48

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
149.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
299.5 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
2.413 TFLOPS
19.17 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
75.39 GFLOPS
299.5 GFLOPS
FP16 (half)
-
19.17 TFLOPS

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GM206
GA104
GPU Variant
GM206-300-A1
GA104-875-A1
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Ampere
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Process Size
28 nm
8 nm
Transistors
2.94 billion
17.4 billion
Die Size
228 mm²
392 mm²

Board Design

TDP
120W
140W
Suggested PSU
300 W
300 W
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
5.2
8.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.7

📊 Benchmark

3DMark Time Spy
2,300
11,079
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
1,025
5,367
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
10
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
25
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
35
-
GTA 5 1080p
70
-
OctaneBench
-
352