GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which features core clock speeds of 822 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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 Ti		3466 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 436 (14%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically be a small bit better than the GeForce GTX 560 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 128 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be a little bit (about 16%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7248 (16%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 560, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 384 (1%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.