GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 590, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 855 MHz on this particular model. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 48 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 590		6680 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
	Difference: 2480 (59%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 590 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 184320 (128%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 should be a lot (about 90%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36704 (90%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 should be quite a bit (approximately 99%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28992 (99%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.