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GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm uses a 55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 999 MHz on this particular card. It features 216 SPUs along with 72 Texture Address Units and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, 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 260 216SP 55 nm 171 Watts
Difference: 51 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 960 should be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 111888 MB/sec
Difference: 112 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is much (approximately 74%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 41472 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 30656 (74%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 19936 (124%)

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

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Model GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm GeForce GTX 960
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year December 22, 2008 January 2015
Code Name G200b GM206
Memory 896 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 1127 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 171 watts 120 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 112000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41472 Mtexels/sec 72128 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 36064 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 216 1024
Texture Mapping Units 72 64
Render Output Units 28 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 448-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1400 million 2940 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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