GeForce GTX 950M vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with a clock frequency of 1127 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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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 960		7627 points
GeForce GTX 950M		3330 points
	Difference: 4297 (129%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (118%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 960 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 80000 (250%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is much (more or less 97%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35568 (97%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be a lot (about 147%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 950M, and should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21440 (147%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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 can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. 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 output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.