GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 295X2, which has a core clock speed of 1018 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also features a 512-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2816 SPUs, 176 TAUs, and 64 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

Radeon R9 295X2		21205 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 18175 (600%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 350 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 295X2 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 560 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 511872 (400%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be quite a bit (about 690%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 312976 (690%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 295X2 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 104384 (403%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.