GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 570, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 732 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 950 MHz on this specific model. It features 480 SPUs as well as 60 Texture Address Units and 40 Rasterization Operator 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 570		4387 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 1357 (45%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 69 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570, in theory, should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 23872 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 will be a bit (approximately 3%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1440 (3%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be a little bit (about 13%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3360 (13%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.