GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 950M, which has core speeds of 914 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator 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 560 Ti 448		4200 points
GeForce GTX 950M		3330 points
	Difference: 870 (26%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (282%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be 350% quicker than the GeForce GTX 950M overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 112000 (350%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be a little bit (more or less 12%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4432 (12%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be a lot (more or less 100%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 950M, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14656 (100%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR 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 of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.