GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		171 Watts
	Difference: 51 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 960 is 0% faster than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 112 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be much (approximately 74%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30656 (74%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is superior to the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19936 (124%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.