GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560, which features a clock speed of 810 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1001 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 336 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, 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

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 560 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 is much (approximately 58%) more effective 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 running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 is the winner, 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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.