GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960M, which features GPU core speed of 1096 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 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 960M		4350 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
	Difference: 150 (4%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 145 Watts (223%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 80000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be a small bit (about 7%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2848 (7%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11744 (67%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.