GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 960M, which features a clock speed of 1096 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (63%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 960M will be 900% quicker than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 57600 (900%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M is quite a bit (more or less 2336%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42040 (2336%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960M is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16636 (1848%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of 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.