GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 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

GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 5730 (302%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 4 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 960 should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 13504 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be a lot (about 150%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43328 (150%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be a lot (approximately 67%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14464 (67%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.