GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 965M, which has a core clock frequency of 944 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 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 3GB		12185 points
GeForce GTX 965M		5650 points
	Difference: 6535 (116%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be 207% faster than the GeForce GTX 965M in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 132608 (207%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (more or less 79%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 965M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 48016 (79%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 965M, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42080 (139%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.