GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 64 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 RTX 2070		22282 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 17932 (412%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2070 will be 617% faster than the GeForce GTX 960M in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 394752 (617%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be a lot (approximately 363%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 159200 (363%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be much (about 415%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960M, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 72704 (415%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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 reach the max fill rate.