GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 960, which has a clock speed of 1127 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 169 Watts (141%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 295 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 111776 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 is a lot (about 28%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20032 (28%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is a little bit (more or less 12%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 295, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3808 (12%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.