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GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 has a GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and the 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM is set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also features 216 SPUs, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 965M, which has core clock speeds of 944 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M 60 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 202 Watts
Difference: 142 Watts (237%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 965M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 111888 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M 64000 MB/sec
Difference: 47888 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M will be much (approximately 46%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M 60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 41472 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 18944 (46%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 965M is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M 30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 14080 (87%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 GeForce GTX 965M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year September 16, 2008 January 5 2015
Code Name G200 GM204
Memory 896 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 944 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 202 watts 60 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 64000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41472 Mtexels/sec 60416 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 30208 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 216 1024
Texture Mapping Units 72 64
Render Output Units 28 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 448-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1400 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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