GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560, which has core clock speeds of 810 MHz on the GPU, and 1001 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 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 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 be 30% faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (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 (about 58%) better at texture filtering 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

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 is superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, but not by far. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a 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 called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.