GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which comes with GPU core speed of 822 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1002 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
GeForce GTX 470		2937 points
	Difference: 529 (18%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 470 should in theory perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 5664 (4%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a lot (approximately 55%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18616 (55%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be a bit (more or less 8%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2024 (8%)

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 transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the 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 speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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 get to the maximum fill rate.