GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which features core clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2816 SPUs as well as 176 TAUs and 96 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 980 Ti		17120 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 9493 (124%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		425 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 960		154 Sol/s
	Difference: 271 (176%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		22 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
	Difference: 11 (100%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 224000 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is quite a bit (approximately 144%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 103872 (144%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is quite a bit (about 166%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 59936 (166%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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