GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R5 M230

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R5 M230, which features a core clock frequency of 780 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 320 SPUs, 20 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

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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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 960 is 600% quicker than the Radeon R5 M230 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (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 texture filtering 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 should be much (about 1056%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R5 M230, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.