GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 965M, which has GPU core speed of 944 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1024 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, 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 965M		5650 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 1300 (30%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same bandwidth, so in theory they should have the same performance. (explain)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M should be a lot (more or less 38%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16576 (38%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M should be quite a bit (about 72%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 960M, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12672 (72%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.