GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 950, which comes with a core clock speed of 1024 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1652 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, 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 950		6536 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 3506 (116%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 22400 (21%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 is a bit (approximately 8%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3792 (8%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 will be much (more or less 26%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 560, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6848 (26%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could 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 Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.