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NVIDIA · Maxwell (derived from codename prefix) · 2015

GeForce GTX 960

GeForce GTX 960: 2 GB GDDR5, 120 W, 1,024 CUDA cores. Launched January 22, 2015 at $199.

Memory
2 GB
Power
120 W
Bus width
128 bit
Memory2 GB64 of 143 in GeForce GTX
Power120 W82 of 154 by higher draw in GeForce GTX
CUDA cores1,02460 of 158 in GeForce GTX
Launch price$19964 of 92 in GeForce GTX

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Memory

Capacity
2 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Bus width
128 bit
Memory clock
1,753 MHz
Bandwidth
112.2 GB/s

Compute

CUDA cores
1,024
SM count
8
TMUs
64
ROPs
32
FP32
2,308.1 GFLOPS
FP64
72.13 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
36.06 GP/s
Texture fill rate
72.13 GT/s

Clocks

Boost clock
1,127 MHz

Board

TDP
120 W
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
199 USD

Physical

Architecture
Maxwell (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
GM206-300-A1
Transistors
2.94 billion
Die size
228 mm²
Series
GeForce GTX
Launch date
January 22, 2015

Not recorded by the source: generation, process, base clock and bus interface.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

228 mm² die · 1,024 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 8 shaders.228 mm² die · 1,024 shadersEach dot = 8 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the GeForce GTX 960 ranks 56th of 121 for FP32 throughput and 64th of 143 for memory capacity. Its 120 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16