GeForce GTX 970 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with GPU clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

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 970		10867 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 4944 (83%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 970		19 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (46%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 970 should perform a little bit faster than the Geforce GTX 760 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 31744 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 will be a little bit (more or less 16%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15120 (16%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 is much (about 114%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35840 (114%)

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 MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.