GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 590, which comes with clock speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 855 MHz on the 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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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 590		6680 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
	Difference: 2480 (59%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 590 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 184320 (128%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be a lot (approximately 90%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36704 (90%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be much (more or less 99%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28992 (99%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.