GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 950M, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 914 MHz. The DDR3 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 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 1060		12359 points
GeForce GTX 950M		3330 points
	Difference: 9029 (271%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (118%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 950M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 164608 (514%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (about 230%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83920 (230%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a lot (about 394%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 950M, and able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 57664 (394%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.