Compare any two graphics cards:
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm vs GeForce GTX 950
IntroThe GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 999 MHz on this particular model. It features 216 SPUs along with 72 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 950, which comes with clock 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 Rasterization Operator Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthTheoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 950 is a bit (more or less 19%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm. (explain)
Pixel RateThe GeForce GTX 950 will be quite a bit (more or less 103%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)
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
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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