GeForce 930M vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 965M, which features a core clock frequency of 944 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 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 965M		5650 points
GeForce 930M		1490 points
	Difference: 4160 (279%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 965M is 344% quicker than the GeForce 930M in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 49600 (344%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M is much (more or less 171%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38144 (171%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M should be quite a bit (approximately 307%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 930M, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22784 (307%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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 potential to reach the max fill rate.