GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 960M, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1096 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		135 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 960M is 3% faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
	Difference: 1920 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be a small bit (approximately 5%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92). (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2240 (5%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be a lot (about 69%) better at AA than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92), and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7136 (69%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip 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 called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.