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    GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R7 250X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960 and Radeon R7 250X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 960 stacks up against Radeon R7 250X, check out specs charts below.
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 960 Radeon R7 250X
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 80 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins 1 x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
    Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
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    • GeForce GTX 960 has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 250X.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 960 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250X.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 960 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 250X - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 960 and Radeon R7 250X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon R7 250X is 201 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 960.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 250X is 1618 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 24−27
    medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon R7 250X.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 960 Radeon R7 250X
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
    Code name GM206 Cape Verde
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 22 January 2015 13 February 2014
    Pipelines 1024 640
    Core clock speed 1127 MHz
    Boost Clock 1178 MHz 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 2,940 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 72 billion/sec 38.00
    Floating-point performance 2,413 gflops 1,216 gflops
    Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 210 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 1625 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.27 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1024
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
    Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support 4 displays
    HDMI +
    HDCP +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 318 Mh/s 152 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.92 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 8 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 141.47 Sol/s
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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