GeForce 930M vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560, which comes with GPU clock speed of 810 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1001 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 336 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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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 560		3030 points
GeForce 930M		1490 points
	Difference: 1540 (103%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce 930M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 113728 (790%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 will be quite a bit (approximately 104%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23088 (104%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be a lot (about 249%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 930M, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18496 (249%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated 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 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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 maximum fill rate.