GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which has GPU core speed of 732 MHz, and 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also is comprised of 448 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 40 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

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
GeForce GTX 470		2937 points
	Difference: 1263 (43%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 10080 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is quite a bit (about 21%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7000 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 will be a lot (more or less 21%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5000 (21%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.