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GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

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The GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm comes with a clock speed of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 999 MHz. It also makes use of a 448-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It features 216 SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 28 ROPs.

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which features clock speeds of 822 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 384 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 170 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 171 Watts
Difference: 1 Watts (1%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be 15% faster than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 111888 MB/sec
Difference: 16368 (15%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be a lot (about 27%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 41472 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 11136 (27%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10176 (63%)

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

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Model GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year December 22, 2008 January 2011
Code Name G200b GF114
Memory 896 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 822 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 4008 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 171 watts 170 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 128256 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41472 Mtexels/sec 52608 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 26304 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 216 384
Texture Mapping Units 72 64
Render Output Units 28 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 448-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 1400 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour 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 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 max fill rate.

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