GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 965M, which comes with a clock speed of 944 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 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 470		2937 points
	Difference: 2713 (92%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (258%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 470 should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 965M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 69920 (109%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M will be much (approximately 78%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26424 (78%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 965M is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5928 (24%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.