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 $245
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (80th percentile) 80th
- Strong social proof (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average efficiency (8th percentile)
- Below average ai (8th 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 PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9070XTGAMING-16GD | MSI SHADOW G5070-12S3C | PNY OC VCG507012TFXPB1-O | XFX Gaming RX-79TMBABF9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GTX 960 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 7900 XT |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 20GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1240 | 2512 | 2970 | 2542 | 2587 | 2400 |
| Tdp W | 120 | 250 | 304 | 250 | 250 | 257 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 192 | 256 | 192 | 192 | 320 |
| 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 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 29.3 | 55.9 | 8.1 | 45.7 | 78.4 | 79.6 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G Compare | 62 | 82.6 | 65.4 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 95.5 | 45.5 |
| Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9070XTGAMING-16GD Compare | 89.2 | 77.4 | 74 | 75.8 | 89.8 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 46.1 | 88.7 | 82.6 | 23.2 |
| MSI SHADOW G5070-12S3C Compare | 62 | 82.6 | 65.4 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 61.3 | 37.8 |
| PNY OC VCG507012TFXPB1-O Compare | 62 | 82.6 | 65.4 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 89.6 | 72.4 | 79.3 | 94 | 95.5 | 37.9 |
| XFX Gaming RX-79TMBABF9 Compare | 87.3 | 85.8 | 81.1 | 81.5 | 84.2 | 47.5 | 72.4 | 77.5 | 87.9 | 82.6 | 35.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall22.3
- AI/LLM6.3
- Budget54.9
- Gaming 4k12.8
- Ray Tracing13.7
- Workstation14.4
- Gaming 1080p20
- Gaming 1440p16.5
- Content Creation14
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