GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560, which comes with GPU core speed of 810 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1001 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 336 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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 560		3030 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 1133 (60%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 29632 (30%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be a lot (more or less 58%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16560 (58%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 is a little bit (about 20%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4320 (20%)

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 largest amount of information (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 should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.