GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R5 M230

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R5 M230, which comes with GPU core speed of 780 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 320 Stream Processors, 20 Texture Address Units, and 4 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 960		7627 points
Radeon R5 M230		1281 points
	Difference: 6346 (495%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 960 should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R5 M230 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M230		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 96000 (600%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be a lot (more or less 362%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R5 M230. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M230		15600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56528 (362%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be quite a bit (about 1056%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R5 M230, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M230		3120 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32944 (1056%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.