GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which comes with a core clock frequency of 822 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1002 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 16368 (15%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a lot (about 27%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11136 (27%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10176 (63%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at 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 that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.