GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which features a core clock frequency of 822 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1002 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 64 TAUs, 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

GeForce GTX 480		3650 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 184 (5%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 480 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 49152 (38%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 25%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10608 (25%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is superior to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7296 (28%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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 bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.