GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 960 vs 770 among Desktop GPUs


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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Much better 3DMark 11 graphics score 32,987 vs 11,310 Around 3x better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Higher clock speed 1,127 MHz vs 1,046 MHz Around 10% higher clock speed
Significantly lower TDP 120W vs 230W Around 50% lower TDP
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Much better 3DMark06 score 29,690 vs 10,767.5 More than 2.8x better 3DMark06 score
Much higher memory bandwidth 224 GB/s vs 112.2 GB/s Around 2x higher memory bandwidth
Higher texture rate 134 GTexel/s vs 72.1 GTexel/s More than 85% higher texture rate
Better 3DMark vantage graphics score 36,150 vs 32,171 More than 10% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Better floating-point performance 3,213 GFLOPS vs 2,308.1 GFLOPS Around 40% better floating-point performance
Much higher crysis 3 framerate 84 vs 36.1 More than 2.2x higher crysis 3 framerate
Significantly better ocean surface simulation score 1,631.29 frames/s vs 780.9 frames/s More than 2x better ocean surface simulation score
More shading units 1,536 vs 1,024 512 more shading units
Wider memory bus 256 bit vs 128 bit 2x wider memory bus
Better sky diver factor score 381.9 vs 358.69 More than 5% better sky diver factor score
Higher BioShock infinite framerate 83.4 fps vs 75.8 fps More than 10% higher BioShock infinite framerate

Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 960 vs 770

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
111.95 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 770
112.94 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
69.13 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 770
50.95 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
780.9 frames/s
GeForce GTX 770
1,631.29 frames/s

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

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Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

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omg, sorry but you can't seriously say that... I had a r9 380, and it ran fallout 4 on high settings around 60 fps, my 2gb gigabyte gtx 960, pumps out fallout 4 on ultra at 55-57, and runs on high at around 70fps. a card which is less demanding and has "worse" stats runs every game I own better then the r9 380. AMD drivers are crap, bad drivers = bad products no matter "the specs"
I literally know everything about the improvements on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture eat a dick. I'm still standing by the 770 has vastly more CUDA cores (WHILE STILL being Kepler based) and still would outperform the 960.
Don't forget how efficient maxwell is, you can overclock the gtx 960 to reach and go above stock 770 performance.
*two 280's
*two 380s
Obviously you dont know shit about micro architectures.
dude... got mine for 80!!!
elle se valent aussi bin l'une que l'autre ^^
Got my GTX 770 for $180 on Craigslist.
i can get a gtx 770 cheaper than gtx 960?
I dont know whether to get 770 or 960 for directx12?
3Dmark11 doesn't have a whole lot of complex shaders.
after having 2 builds, one with a 770 and one with a 960, I can confirm that the 960 will run most games with a few more fps than the 770, but the 770 will ALWAYS run complex shaders much, much faster.
770 is powerfull
Two 770's will soon be unstoppable on price to performance on dx12 games. <3
gtx 960 and 380 are the same price, and 380 just beats it. Saying that the 380 is better than a 770 is just wrong.
not any more, the new amd r9 380 cost the same and does about 8 to 10 fps better then the 960
the new amd r9 380 beats both and is only $199
an r9 290 goes for $250 on rebate and that would beat both of those
960 slays the 770 in 3DMark11! why?????
? 960 is more efficient and has faster memory but clearly the 770 has slightly more raw power.
??????? 770 came out and cost $350, a 960, however, IS a budget card as it ONLY costs $200 and offers performance better than any other card at that price.
Obviously the 770 wins it was a $350 card while the 960 is a $200 card. Also, the 770 has many more CUDA cores.
GTX 960 3Dmark benchmarks for '11 version and '06 is incorrect. This is correct: (960 3DMark11 = 10,683 ) (770 3DMark11=11,310 ) (960 3DMark06 = 32,987 ) (770 3DMark06 = 29,690)
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