GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R7 250

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1000 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1150 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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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 should be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 250 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a lot (more or less 119%) more effective at 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 using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a better choice, and very much so. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.