GeForce GT 130 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all 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 features 384 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 116256 (969%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a lot (more or less 338%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40608 (338%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is superior to the GeForce GT 130, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18304 (229%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.