GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R9 270

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 270, which features a GPU core clock speed of 900 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised 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 270		5943 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 2477 (71%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 270		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

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

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270 will be a lot (about 37%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 270		72000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19392 (37%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 270 will be a little bit (more or less 9%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 270		28800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2496 (9%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.