GeForce GTX 950 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which has a core clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation 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 950		6536 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 613 (10%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 950		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (30%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (89%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 will be 82% quicker than the GeForce GTX 950 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 86528 (82%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot (about 91%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44928 (91%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 should be a small bit (about 4%) faster with regards to AA than the Geforce GTX 760, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1408 (4%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.