GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 295X2, which features core clock speeds of 1018 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2816 SPUs as well as 176 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator 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

Radeon R9 295X2		21205 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 13578 (178%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 380 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 295X2 is 471% faster than the GeForce GTX 960 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 528000 (471%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be much (approximately 397%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 286208 (397%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be a lot (about 261%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 94240 (261%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.