GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M265, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 725 MHz. The DDR3 RAM runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 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 960M		4350 points
Radeon R7 M265		3256 points
	Difference: 1094 (34%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 960M should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M265 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 32000 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M is much (more or less 152%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26440 (152%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960M is superior to the Radeon R7 M265, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		5800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11736 (202%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.