GeForce GTX 960 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 670, which has a core clock speed of 915 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1344 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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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 670		7351 points
	Difference: 276 (4%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 670		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 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 670 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 80000 (71%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 is quite a bit (about 42%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30352 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be a lot (approximately 23%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 670, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6784 (23%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.