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GeForce GTX 965M vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

The GeForce GTX 965M features a GPU core speed of 944 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 670, which comes with a clock speed of 915 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1344 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 32 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 670		7351 points
GeForce GTX 965M		5650 points
	Difference: 1701 (30%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (183%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 670 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 965M in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 128000 (200%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 will be quite a bit (more or less 70%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 965M. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42064 (70%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 965M is superior to the Geforce GTX 670, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 928 (3%)

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

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Model	GeForce GTX 965M	Geforce GTX 670
Manufacturer	nVidia	nVidia
Year	January 5 2015	May 2012
Code Name	GM204	GK104
Memory	2048 MB	2048 MB
Core Speed	944 MHz	915 MHz
Memory Speed	4000 MHz	6000 MHz
Power (Max TDP)	60 watts	170 watts
Bandwidth	64000 MB/sec	192000 MB/sec
Texel Rate	60416 Mtexels/sec	102480 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate	30208 Mpixels/sec	29280 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders	1024	1344
Texture Mapping Units	64	112
Render Output Units	32	32
Bus Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Bus Width	128-bit	256-bit
Fab Process	28 nm	28 nm
Transistors	(Unknown) million	3540 million
Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version	DirectX 12	DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version	OpenGL 4.5	OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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