GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which comes with a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2816 SPUs, 176 Texture Address Units, and 96 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 980 Ti		17120 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 12770 (294%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 185 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 272000 (425%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti should be a lot (approximately 301%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 132160 (301%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 78464 (447%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.