GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 690, which comes with clock speeds of 915 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 32 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 690		13111 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 9645 (278%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (76%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 690 will be 200% faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 256256 (200%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 should be a lot (about 345%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 181632 (345%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 will be quite a bit (approximately 123%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32256 (123%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.