GeForce GTX 570 vs Geforce GTX 680

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 680, which features a core clock frequency of 1006 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1536 SPUs, 128 TAUs, 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 680		7650 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 3263 (74%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 680		16 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (23%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 680 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 40256 (26%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 is much (more or less 193%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 84848 (193%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 680 is a better choice, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2912 (10%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at 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 card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.