GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960M, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1096 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 16 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 1060		12359 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 8009 (184%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (85%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 132608 (207%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (approximately 175%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76640 (175%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (more or less 312%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960M, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54752 (312%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.