GeForce 930M vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 295, which uses a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a frequency of 999 MHz on this model. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 295 is 1454% quicker than the GeForce 930M in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 209376 (1454%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 will be quite a bit (about 314%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 69888 (314%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 295 is superior to the GeForce 930M, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24832 (334%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.