GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 965M, which has a core clock frequency of 944 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, 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 965M		5650 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 2620 (86%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 560 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 965M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 64128 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M should be quite a bit (about 33%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15056 (33%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M is a small bit (more or less 17%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 560, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4288 (17%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends 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.