GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 950M, which features a core clock speed of 914 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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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 950M		3330 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 300 (10%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (173%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 should be 300% faster than the GeForce GTX 950M in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 96128 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be a lot (about 24%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8800 (24%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be quite a bit (approximately 77%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 950M, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11296 (77%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.