GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 880M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 880M, which comes with core clock speeds of 954 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 880M		6360 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 1973 (45%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 880M		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 89 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570, in theory, should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 880M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 880M		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 24000 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M should be much (more or less 178%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		122112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 78192 (178%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 880M is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		30528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1248 (4%)

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 transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.