GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 960M, which features a core clock frequency of 1096 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 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 GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 884 (26%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (162%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 64256 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be just a bit (approximately 20%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8768 (20%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8768 (50%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.