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Nvidia BUY • $198 Nvidia BUY • $154 ▲ 6241,828 ▼ Superseded by the GTX 1060-6GB »  BUY • $198 

Release date: Q1 2015.

950 960 Why is UserBenchmark heavily criticized online? VS BenchYourGPU ▲ 6825,125 ▼ Superseded by the RTX 2060 »  BUY • $154 

Release date: Q3 2016.

1630 1650 1650S 1060-3GB 1060-6GB Effective Speed  +57% Real World Speed Performance profile from 1,399,727 user samples Benchmark your GPU here 546,855 User BenchmarksGreat bench: 15% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GBPoor bench: 13% MSI(1462 3202) Poor: 13% Great: 15% SPEED RANK: 178th / 453 852,872 User BenchmarksGreat bench: 23% Gigabyte(1458 3724)Poor bench: 20% MSI(1462 3285) Poor: 20% Great: 23% SPEED RANK: 134th / 453

Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed

13.8 %

21.7 %

Much faster effective speed.+57%

Average Score  +60%

Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	41.9 fps	63.3 fps	Much better lighting effects.+51%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	46 fps	68.6 fps	Much better reflection handling.+49%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	36.5 fps	65.1 fps	Much faster multi rendering.+78%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	40.1 fps	65.3 fps	Much faster NBody calculation.+63%

Overclocked Score  +61%

Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	46.2 fps	67.8 fps	Much better peak lighting effects.+47%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	61 fps	97.4 fps	Much better peak reflection handling.+60%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	38.2 fps	67.5 fps	Much faster peak multi rendering.+77%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	43.2 fps	69.4 fps	Much faster peak NBody calculation.+61%

Game FPS  +31%

CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	138 Fps	150 Fps	Slightly Better CSGO Fps.+8%
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	73 Fps	98 Fps	Much Better Fortnite Fps.+34%
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	42 Fps	64 Fps	Much Better PUBG Fps.+54%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	42 Fps	60 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps.+44%
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	123 Fps	148 Fps	Better LoL Fps.+20%
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	70 Fps	100 Fps	Much Better Overwatch Fps.+43%
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	49 Fps	55 Fps	Better BF1 Fps.+13%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	37 Fps	51 Fps	Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps.+39%
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	181 Fps	184 Fps	+1%
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	81 Fps	116 Fps	Much Better DOTA 2 Fps.+42%
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	51 Fps	61 Fps	Better WoW Fps.+20%
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	64 Fps	95 Fps	Much Better WoT Fps.+49%

Value & Sentiment  +61% Market Share Based on 71,832,046 GPUs tested See market share leaders

Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.27 %	0.56 %	Hugely higher market share.+107%
Value Value For Money	16.5 %	33.4 %	Hugely better value.+103%
User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %	68 %	Slightly more popular.+10%
Price Price (score)	$198	$154	Cheaper.+23%

Nice To Haves  +52%

Age Newest	131 Months	112 Months	More recent.+15%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	43.3 fps	65.6 fps	Much better peak texture detail.+52%
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	37.9 fps	64.1 fps	Much faster peak complex splatting.+69%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	39.9 fps	60.5 fps	Much better texture detail.+52%
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	35 fps	59.9 fps	Much faster complex splatting.+71%

Conclusion  Average Bench 13.8% Average Bench 21.7%

The new GTX 960 is the third graphics card to feature Nvidia's Maxwell architecture. When the first two Maxwell cards were released back in September 2014 they completely re-shaped the GPU price/performance spectrum not only from Nvidia, but also AMD who were forced to slash prices by around 30%. Unfortunately the new GTX 960 isn't the game changer its predecessors were, and it's actually the weakest of the three Maxwell cards. Comparing the GTX 960 and 970 shows that the 970 is around 70% faster and a comparison of the GTX 960 and 980 shows that GTX 980 is almost exactly twice as fast as the 960. Of the three cards the GTX 970 offers the best bang for your buck, in-fact the GTX 970 is still one of best value cards available. That said, for gaming at 1080p or lower, the GTX 960 will allow decent frame rates at maximum settings for most games. [Jan '15 GPUPro]

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The 3GB GTX 1060 follows last month’s release of the 6GB GTX 1060. The 3GB variant not only has reduced memory but Nvidia have also disabled 10 percent of the processing cores from 1,280 down to 1,152. There is no reference edition of the 3GB 1060 but the partner cards are already available (at launch). Comparing the GTX 6GB 1060 and 3GB 1060 shows that the 6GB 1060 leads, on average, by 7% but it is also currently 15% more expensive. The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s answer to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 470. Comparing the RX 470 and 3GB 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 11%. The RX 470 is able to match the 3GB 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 3GB 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, especially if prices drop below $200. [Sep '16 GPUPro]

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CPU	GPU	SSD
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X $193	Nvidia RTX 5060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $240
Intel Core i5-14600K $299	Nvidia RTX 5060-Ti $340	WD Black SN8100 M.2 2TB $259
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D $440	Nvidia RTX 5070 $540	WD Black SN8100 M.2 4TB $550

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