GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 570, which features a clock speed of 1168 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 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

Radeon RX 570		12108 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 7758 (178%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon RX 570		150 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 570 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 165376 (258%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 should be quite a bit (approximately 241%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 105664 (241%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 570 is superior to the GeForce GTX 960M, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19840 (113%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.