GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1024 Stream Processors, 64 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 570		4387 points
	Difference: 3240 (74%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 570		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 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 99 Watts (83%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 570 should be 36% quicker than the GeForce GTX 960 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 40000 (36%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be much (more or less 64%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28208 (64%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 applied in one second.

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