GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which features a core clock speed of 732 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 320-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 448 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 40 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 Ti 448		4200 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 2303 (121%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 94 Watts (81%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 45504 (46%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be much (about 42%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12192 (42%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7680 (36%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many 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.