GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 590, which has a core clock frequency of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 590 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 133888 (104%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be much (approximately 302%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 158928 (302%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 590 is superior to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20704 (79%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.