GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R7 250

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 250, which features a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1150 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 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		3466 points
Radeon R7 250		1836 points
	Difference: 1630 (89%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (162%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 74% faster than the Radeon R7 250 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 54656 (74%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be quite a bit (about 119%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 250. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250		24000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28608 (119%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18304 (229%)

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 moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.