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GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 560
Intro
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti comes with a clock frequency of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1026 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 192 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560, which comes with clock speeds of 810 MHz on the GPU, and 1001 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
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 |
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3030 points |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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1910 points |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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116 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 560 |
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150 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 560 |
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128128 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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98496 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 560 will be quite a bit (more or less 58%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 |
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45360 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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28800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 560 should be just a bit (about 20%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 |
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25920 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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21600 Mpixels/sec |
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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
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTX 560
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | GeForce GTX 560 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | March 2011 | May 2011 |
| Code Name | GF116 | GF114 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 900 MHz | 810 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4104 MHz | 4004 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 116 watts | 150 watts |
| Bandwidth | 98496 MB/sec | 128128 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 28800 Mtexels/sec | 45360 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 21600 Mpixels/sec | 25920 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 192 | 336 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 56 |
| Render Output Units | 24 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 1170 million | 1950 million |
| Bus | PCIe 2.1 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its 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 clock speed of the card. 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTX 560
Comments
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