GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 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 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

The GeForce GTX 570, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is a lot (about 64%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be quite a bit (approximately 23%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.