GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon HD 6970

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6970, which comes with a core clock frequency of 880 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1375 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 1536 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 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

Radeon HD 6970		3470 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 4 (0%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
Radeon HD 6970		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6970 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6970		176000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 47744 (37%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6970 should be much (about 61%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

Radeon HD 6970		84480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31872 (61%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6970 should be a little bit (approximately 7%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon HD 6970		28160 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1856 (7%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.