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GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960
Intro
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this model. It features 384 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 960, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.
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 960 |
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7627 points |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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3466 points |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 960 |
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120 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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170 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should in theory perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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128256 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 960 |
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112000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 960 will be much (approximately 37%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)| GeForce GTX 960 |
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72128 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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52608 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, by far. (explain)| GeForce GTX 960 |
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36064 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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26304 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 560 Ti | GeForce GTX 960 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | January 2011 | January 2015 |
| Code Name | GF114 | GM206 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 822 MHz | 1127 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4008 MHz | 7000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 170 watts | 120 watts |
| Bandwidth | 128256 MB/sec | 112000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 52608 Mtexels/sec | 72128 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 26304 Mpixels/sec | 36064 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 384 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 64 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 1950 million | 2940 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 12.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.5 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 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.
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Comments
3 Responses to “GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960”Wow. My veteran old 560ti still holds its own against newer, faster cards. That 256-bit bus really seems to keep the old 560ti in the game. For the hundreds of dollars the new VGA's cost, I don't see a huge, overwhelming advantage over the 560ti.
thats what im sayin. i got my 560 year ago and it still performs better than the newer stuff around 200$, id need to spend 300+ for a good upgrade other than that ill stick with the 560. mayb just get another 560 for around 130$
960 offers great low power consumption and only loses in the memory bandwith departement vs the 560 which is not the worst thing in the world.
I will buy a 960 and later upgrade to a 960 SLI setup