GeForce GTX 960 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a core clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, 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 960		7627 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 1704 (29%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
	Difference: 2 (18%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 80256 (72%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be a lot (more or less 30%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21952 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be a bit (more or less 15%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4704 (15%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.