GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 880M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 880M, which has core speeds of 954 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs 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 880M		6360 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 3330 (110%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 880M		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 560 will be 0% quicker than the GeForce GTX 880M in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 880M		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 128 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M will be quite a bit (more or less 169%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		122112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76752 (169%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 880M is superior to the GeForce GTX 560, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		30528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4608 (18%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.