GeForce 940M vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which comes with core speeds of 732 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 448 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 40 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 560 Ti 448		4200 points
GeForce 940M		1740 points
	Difference: 2460 (141%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should perform much faster than the GeForce 940M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce 940M		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 128000 (800%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be a lot (more or less 59%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 940M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 940M		25728 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15264 (59%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be a lot (more or less 241%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 940M, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 940M		8576 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20704 (241%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.