GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs along with 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 470		2937 points
	Difference: 4690 (160%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 470, in theory, should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 21920 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is much (about 112%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38136 (112%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is much (approximately 49%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11784 (49%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.