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GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti comes with a GPU core speed of 822 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM is set to run at 1002 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which features GPU clock speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 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

GeForce GTX 960 7627 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 3466 points
Difference: 4161 (120%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960 120 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 170 Watts
Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 15% faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960 112000 MB/sec
Difference: 16256 (15%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be a lot (approximately 37%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 52608 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 19520 (37%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is quite a bit (approximately 37%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 26304 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 9760 (37%)

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

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Model GeForce GTX 560 Ti GeForce GTX 960
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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a 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. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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Comments

3 Responses to “GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960”
bigbaloo64 says:

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.

tim says:

thats what im sayin. i got my 560 year ago and it still performs better than the newer stuff around 200$, id need to spend 300+ for a good upgrade other than that ill stick with the 560. mayb just get another 560 for around 130$

kappanig says:

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

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