GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 950M, which features clock speeds of 914 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator 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 950M		3330 points
	Difference: 8855 (266%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (118%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be 514% quicker than the GeForce GTX 950M in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 164608 (514%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (more or less 197%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71872 (197%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be quite a bit (approximately 394%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 950M, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out 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 video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.