GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 950, which has GPU core speed of 1024 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1652 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 768 Stream Processors, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 199 Watts (221%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 295 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 118048 (112%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 is quite a bit (about 88%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43008 (88%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950 is superior to the GeForce GTX 295, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 512 (2%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.