GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 570, which has core clock speeds of 732 MHz on the GPU, and 950 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 480 SPUs along with 60 TAUs and 40 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 570		4387 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
	Difference: 187 (4%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (4%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570 should theoretically perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (6%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 is a little bit (about 7%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2928 (7%)

Pixel Rate

Both cards have the exact same pixel rate, so in theory they should perform equally good at at AA, and be capable of handling the same screen resolutions. (explain)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.