GeForce GTX 950M vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 960, which has core clock speeds of 1127 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs 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 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 speaking, the GeForce GTX 960 will be 250% faster than the GeForce GTX 950M in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be much (more or less 97%) faster with regards to 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

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is superior to the GeForce GTX 950M, by far. (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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.