GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R7 250

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250, which comes with a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1150 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 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 560 Ti		3466 points
Radeon R7 250		1836 points
	Difference: 1630 (89%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (162%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 250 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 54656 (74%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be much (approximately 119%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 250. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250		24000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28608 (119%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be a lot (more or less 229%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 250, and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18304 (229%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. 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 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one 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 this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.