GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 950, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1024 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1652 MHz on this particular model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 112 Watts (124%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should theoretically be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 6160 (6%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 is a bit (approximately 19%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7680 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950 is superior to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16640 (103%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.