GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 950, which features GPU core speed of 1024 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1652 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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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 570		4387 points
	Difference: 2149 (49%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 570		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 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 46272 (44%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 should be just a bit (approximately 12%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5232 (12%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950 is the winner, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3488 (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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