GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTS 150		141 Watts
	Difference: 21 Watts (18%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 960 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTS 150 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 80000 (250%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be a lot (more or less 52%) better at AF than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24768 (52%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24224 (205%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 in a second.

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