GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which features a clock speed of 732 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 320-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 448 SPUs, 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 470		2937 points
	Difference: 1263 (43%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 10080 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is much (more or less 21%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7000 (21%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5000 (21%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

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