GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which features core speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2816 SPUs along with 176 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator 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 980 Ti		17120 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 14090 (465%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 560 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 207872 (162%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti should be much (more or less 288%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 130640 (288%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70080 (270%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 maximum fill rate.