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GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 has a GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also features 216 Stream Processors, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 ROPs.

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 GeForce GTX 950
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year September 16, 2008 August 2015
Code Name G200 GM206
Memory 896 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 1024 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 6608 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 202 watts 90 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 105728 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41472 Mtexels/sec 49152 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 32768 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 216 768
Texture Mapping Units 72 48
Render Output Units 28 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 448-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1400 million 2940 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.5

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.

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