GeForce GTX 770 and GeForce GTX 960 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 770 vs GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 770
6099
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 770
GeForce GTX 960
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GK104
GM206
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2013
January 2015
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
-
400 Watt
Minimum recommended system power
600 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
One 8-pin and one 6-pin
1x 6-pins
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1085 MHz
1178 MHz
Core clock speed
1046 MHz
1127 MHz
CUDA cores
1536
1024
Floating-point performance
3,333 gflops
2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
230 Watt
120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
134 billion/sec
72 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7012 MHz
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.3 GB/s
112 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
4 displays
4 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
-
+
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.3
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
+
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-
3D Vision Live
+
-
Blu Ray 3D
+
-
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0
PhysX
+
-