GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 550, which features a core clock speed of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 512 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 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 550		3507 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 41 (1%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (240%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically be just a bit superior to the Radeon RX 550 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 13568 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 49%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17408 (49%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 49%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 550, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8704 (49%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel 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 reach the maximum fill rate.