GeForce 930M vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 960M, which comes with GPU core speed of 1096 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 Stream Processors, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 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 960M		4350 points
GeForce 930M		1490 points
	Difference: 2860 (192%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 960M should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 930M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 49600 (344%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be quite a bit (more or less 97%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21568 (97%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960M is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10112 (136%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.