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GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Intro
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1002 MHz on this particular card. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 6950 2GB, which features a core clock speed of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.
Battlefield Bad Company 2
| Settings: | Highest Settings |
| AA: | 4x |
| AF: | 16x |
| Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Test Machine: | Intel Core i7 920(ES) @ 4.0Ghz (Turbo Mode Enabled) (Source) |
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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51 FPS |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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49 FPS |
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DiRT 2
| Settings: | Highest Details |
| AA: | 4x |
| AF: | none |
| Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Test Machine: | Intel Core i7 920(ES) @ 4.0Ghz (Turbo Mode Enabled) (Source) |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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83 FPS |
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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72 FPS |
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Just Cause 2
| Settings: | Highest Settings |
| AA: | 4x |
| AF: | 16x |
| Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Test Machine: | Intel Core i7 920(ES) @ 4.0Ghz (Turbo Mode Enabled) (Source) |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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55 FPS |
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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54 FPS |
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GeForce GTX 560 Ti wins
(Based entirely on the benchmarks listed above)
When combining all game benchmark scores on this page together, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti wins overall, by 10 FPS. Please note that we do not have the results of every benchmark ever done for these cards, so the results may differ wildly in different games.
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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187 FPS |
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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177 FPS |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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170 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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200 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 6950 2GB should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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160000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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128256 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6950 2GB will be quite a bit (more or less 34%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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70400 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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52608 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be a small bit (more or less 3%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6950 2GB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)| GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
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26304 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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25600 Mpixels/sec |
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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
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
GeForce GTX 560 TiAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6950 2GBAmazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Radeon HD 6950 2GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | January 2011 | December 2010 |
| Code Name | GF114 | Cayman Pro |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 822 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1645 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz (4008 MHz effective) | 1250 MHz (5000 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 384 | 1408 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 88 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 170 watts | 200 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 128256 MB/sec | 160000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 52608 Mtexels/sec | 70400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 26304 Mpixels/sec | 25600 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a 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 number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
Comments
14 Responses to “GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon HD 6950 2GB”Really, _three_ games?
And judging "fastest card" by counting the TOTAL FPS of those _three_ games?
Not to mention grabbing "power consumption" figures straight from "official specifications" which have little to do with real life.
Check TPU or some other site for proper benchmarks, including power consumption (hint: GTX560 Ti, is NOT faster, and in fact uses more power than 6950)
The benchmarks are real, unless of course Tom's Hardware faked them... which I doubt
And I don't feel like typing up a disclaimer under every single heading.