GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 950, which features core speeds of 1024 MHz on the GPU, and 1652 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units 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 470		2937 points
	Difference: 3599 (123%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (139%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 470 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 28192 (27%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 should be a lot (approximately 45%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15160 (45%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 is quite a bit (about 35%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 470, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8488 (35%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.