ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 2GB GDDR5
Thean dual cooler-f with FREEZE Technology stops the fans at low loads for silent operation, while the 1024 CUDA cores and 1240MHz boost clock handle 1080p gaming on its 2GB GDDR5 128-bit bus. It supports quad simultaneous displays via three DisplayPort 1.2 outputs and HDMI 2.0, all capable of 4K at 60Hz. This card is best for budget-conscious builders assembling a quiet, entry-level gaming PC for older or esports titles at 1080p.
GPU GeForce GTX 960
VRAM 2GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1240 MHz
TDP 120 W
Memory Bus 128 bit
Class consumer
22 Overall Score
Price MX$6,208
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (80th percentile) 80th
- Strong social proof (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average efficiency (8th percentile)
- Below average ai (9th percentile)
- Below average vram (9th percentile)
- Below average rt (9th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 960 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Maxwell |
| Class | consumer |
Memory
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 1024 |
| Base Clock | 1177 |
| Boost Clock | 1240 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 120 |
| Recommended PSU | 400 |
| Power Connectors | 6-pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 4K |
Physical
| Weight | 0.9 kg / 2.0 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| Upscaling | NVIDIA Dynamic Super Resolution |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 960 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1240 | 2407 | 2730 | 2482 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 120 | 575 | 360 | 300 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 29.4 | 55.9 | 8.1 | 45.8 | 78.4 | 79.6 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.1 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 24.6 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85.3 | 95.2 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 88.8 | 15.1 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 88.8 | 21 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.1 | 91.7 | 83.8 | 95.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 52.7 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 17.6 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85.3 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 82.6 | 18 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall22.3
- AI/LLM6.3
- Budget58.1
- Gaming 4k12.8
- Ray Tracing13.8
- Workstation14.3
- Gaming 1080p20
- Gaming 1440p16.5
- Content Creation14
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