GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 560, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1175 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 560 should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 2688 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 is a small bit (about 4%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3072 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17264 (92%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.