GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 580, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 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

Radeon RX 580		13630 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
	Difference: 9430 (225%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 580 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 118144 (82%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 is quite a bit (about 342%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 140016 (342%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 580 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10944 (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.