GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which features GPU clock speed of 1120 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, 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 RX 480		13349 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
	Difference: 9149 (218%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 480 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 118144 (82%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 will be much (about 293%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 120288 (293%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6560 (22%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.