GeForce GTX 960 OEM and RTX A2000 12 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 960 OEM
RTX A2000 12 GB
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GM206
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2015
November 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1201 MHz
1200 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
2,460 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
3328
Power consumption (TDP)
-
70 Watt
Texture fill rate
76.86
124.8
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
7012 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
4x mini-DisplayPort
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
5.2
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3