GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 732 MHz, and 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also features 448 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 40 Raster Operation 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 560 Ti 448		4200 points
GeForce GTX 480		3650 points
	Difference: 550 (15%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 480 is 23% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 33408 (23%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 480 should be just a bit (more or less 2%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1008 (2%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is the winner, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4320 (15%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number 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 worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.