GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which features clock speeds of 1127 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 82 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 960 should be 0% quicker than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 112 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is much (more or less 74%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30656 (74%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is quite a bit (more or less 124%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19936 (124%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.