GPU Comparison
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The Arc A310 is significantly faster than the GeForce GTX 960, leading by roughly 33% in our performance index. It is also the stronger value pick here, so it's the easy recommendation if your budget allows.
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Arc A310 vs GeForce GTX 960: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Arc A310 vs GeForce GTX 960
The Arc A310 is significantly faster, around 33% ahead of the GeForce GTX 960. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to entry-level 1080p.
Price & Value
Right now the Arc A310 starts at $137 EUR against $640 EUR for the GeForce GTX 960. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Arc A310 wins on performance-per-dollar by about 522%. The GeForce GTX 960 still sits about $441 EUR above its $199 EUR MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
The Arc A310 draws just 30W versus 120W for the GeForce GTX 960, and it also delivers more performance per watt — so it runs cooler and quieter and needs less PSU headroom. Its more modern Alchemist architecture on a TSMC N6 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
With 4GB against 2GB, the Arc A310 has more headroom for 4K textures and memory-hungry creative/AI tasks where the GeForce GTX 960's 2GB can fall short.
Generation & Longevity
The Arc A310 is roughly 7 years newer than the GeForce GTX 960 (Alchemist vs Maxwell), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Arc A310 brings Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding, while the GeForce GTX 960 offers NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: Arc A310 or GeForce GTX 960?
The Arc A310 is the all-round winner here — it's faster and the better value, so buy it if it fits your budget. Only consider the GeForce GTX 960 if you find it at a steep discount.