GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 580, which has core speeds of 1257 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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

Radeon RX 580		13630 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 10164 (293%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 580 should be 104% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 133888 (104%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 is much (about 244%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 128400 (244%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 is a lot (about 53%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13920 (53%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.