GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 960, which features core speeds of 1127 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

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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 960		7627 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 4597 (152%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 560 should in theory be a small bit better than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 16128 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is quite a bit (approximately 59%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26768 (59%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10144 (39%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.