GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 270X, which comes with a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1280 SPUs, 80 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

Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 2240 (51%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (177%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 270X should be 180% quicker than the GeForce GTX 960M in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 115200 (180%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X is much (approximately 82%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36160 (82%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 270X is superior to the GeForce GTX 960M, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14464 (82%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.