GeForce GTX 970 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with GPU clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 970		10867 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 4944 (83%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 970		19 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (46%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 970 should theoretically be a little bit better than the Geforce GTX 760 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 31744 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 should be a little bit (about 16%) more effective at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15120 (16%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 should be a lot (approximately 114%) better at anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35840 (114%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.