GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare all 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 memory. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 112 Watts (124%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, in theory, should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 6160 (6%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 is a small bit (more or less 19%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7680 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16640 (103%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.