GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 270X, which has a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1280 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, 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

Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 3124 (90%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 270X will be 40% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 50944 (40%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X should be much (more or less 52%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27392 (52%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X is much (more or less 22%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5696 (22%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.