So sánh r9 280x vs gtx 960

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores102424CUDA cores1024no dataCore clock speed1127 MHz300 MHzBoost clock speed1178 MHz1150 MHzNumber of transistors2,940 million189 millionManufacturing process technology28 nm14 nmPower consumption (TDP)120 Watt15 WattTexture fill rate72 billion/sec27.60Floating-point performance2,413 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 960 and UHD Graphics 620 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no dataInterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1Length9.5" (24.1 cm)no dataHeight4.376" (11.1 cm)no dataWidth2-slotno dataRecommended system power (PSU)400 Wattno dataSupplementary power connectors1x 6-pinsno dataSLI options+no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5LPDDR3/DDR4Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 GBMemory bus width128 BitSystem SharedMemory clock speed7.0 GB/sSystem SharedMemory bandwidth112 GB/sno dataShared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2No outputsMulti monitor support4 displaysno dataHDMI+no dataHDCP+no dataMaximum VGA resolution2048x1536no dataG-SYNC support+no dataAudio input for HDMIInternalno data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+no dataGeForce ShadowPlay+no dataGPU Boost2.0no dataGameWorks+no dataQuick Syncno data+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)Shader Model6.46.4OpenGL4.44.6OpenCL1.22.1Vulkan+1.1.103CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms UHD Graphics 620 by 487% in our combined benchmark results.

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms UHD Graphics 620 by 487% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms UHD Graphics 620 by 320% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms UHD Graphics 620 by 517% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms UHD Graphics 620 by 525% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms UHD Graphics 620 by 578% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms UHD Graphics 620 by 435% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms UHD Graphics 620 by 250% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 960 and UHD Graphics 620. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 318 Mh/s no data Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.92 Gh/s no data Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 8 Mh/s no data Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.27 kh/s no data Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 141.47 Sol/s no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD65 13 1440p90−95 16 4K29 8

Performance in popular games

Full HD Low Preset

Cyberpunk 207724−27 6

Full HD Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey30−35

+313%

8

−313%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla27−30

+575%

4−5

−575%

Battlefield 550−55

+960%

5−6

−960%

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare40−45

+233%

12−14

−233%

Cyberpunk 207724−27

+317%

6−7

−317%

Far Cry 540−45

+486%

7

−486%

Far Cry New Dawn40−45

+600%

6

−600%

Forza Horizon 450−55

+350%

12

−350%

Hitman 340−45

+1000%

4−5

−1000%

Horizon Zero Dawn30−35

+725%

4−5

−725%

Red Dead Redemption 224−27

+420%

5

−420%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider30−35

+433%

6

−433%

Watch Dogs: Legion30−33 0−1

Full HD High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey30−35

+1000%

3−4

−1000%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla27−30

+575%

4−5

−575%

Battlefield 550−55

+960%

5−6

−960%

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare40−45

+233%

12−14

−233%

Cyberpunk 207724−27

+317%

6−7

−317%

Far Cry 540−45

+583%

6

−583%

Far Cry New Dawn40−45

+740%

5

−740%

Forza Horizon 450−55

+575%

8−9

−575%

Hitman 340−45

+1000%

4−5

−1000%

Horizon Zero Dawn30−35

+725%

4−5

−725%

Metro Exodus24−27

+500%

4

−500%

Red Dead Redemption 224−27

+333%

6−7

−333%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider30−35

+256%

9−10

−256%

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt50

+733%

6

−733%

Watch Dogs: Legion30−33 0−1

Full HD Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey30−35

+1000%

3−4

−1000%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla27−30

+575%

4−5

−575%

Battlefield 550−55

+960%

5−6

−960%

Cyberpunk 207724−27

+317%

6−7

−317%

Far Cry 540−45

+583%

6

−583%

Far Cry New Dawn40−45

+1300%

3−4

−1300%

Forza Horizon 450−55

+575%

8−9

−575%

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt28

+833%

3

−833%

Watch Dogs: Legion30−33 0−1

1440p High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare21−24

+360%

5−6

−360%

Hitman 324−27

+317%

6−7

−317%

Horizon Zero Dawn21−24

+133%

9−10

−133%

Metro Exodus14−16

+367%

3−4

−367%

Red Dead Redemption 210−12

+1000%

1−2

−1000%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider18−20

+171%

7−8

−171%

1440p Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey16−18

+700%

2−3

−700%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla12−14

+550%

2−3

−550%

Battlefield 530−35

+560%

5−6

−560%

Cyberpunk 20778−9

+300%

2−3

−300%

Far Cry 524−27

+400%

5−6

−400%

Far Cry New Dawn27−30 0−1 Forza Horizon 430−33

+1400%

2−3

−1400%

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt12−14

+140%

5−6

−140%

Watch Dogs: Legion10−11

+900%

1−2

−900%

4K High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare10−12

+450%

2−3

−450%

Hitman 314−16

+367%

3−4

−367%

Horizon Zero Dawn10−12

+57.1%

7−8

−57.1%

Metro Exodus8−9

+700%

1−2

−700%

Red Dead Redemption 28−9

+700%

1−2

−700%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider9−10 0−1 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt14−16

+650%

2−3

−650%

4K Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey9−10

+800%

1−2

−800%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla7−8

+600%

1−2

−600%

Battlefield 516−18

+750%

2−3

−750%

Cyberpunk 20773−4 0−1 Far Cry 512−14

+140%

5−6

−140%

Far Cry New Dawn14−16

+114%

7−8

−114%

Forza Horizon 420−22

+900%

2−3

−900%

Watch Dogs: Legion6−7

+500%

1−2

−500%

This is how GTX 960 and UHD Graphics 620 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

• GTX 960 is 400% faster than UHD Graphics 620

1440p resolution:

• GTX 960 is 463% faster than UHD Graphics 620

4K resolution:

• GTX 960 is 263% faster than UHD Graphics 620

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

• in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 960 is 1400% faster than the UHD Graphics 620.

All in all, in popular games:

• Without exception, GTX 960 surpassed UHD Graphics 620 in all 49 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score 15.55 2.65 Recency 22 January 2015 1 September 2017 Pipelines / CUDA cores 1024 24 Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 15 Watt

The GeForce GTX 960 is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics 620 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 960 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics 620 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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