GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 580, which has core speeds of 1257 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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		3030 points
	Difference: 10600 (350%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (23%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 580 is 105% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 134016 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 is quite a bit (more or less 299%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 135648 (299%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 580 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14304 (55%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.