GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with GPU core speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 169 Watts (141%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 295 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 111776 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 is a lot (more or less 28%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20032 (28%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is superior to the GeForce GTX 295, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3808 (12%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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