GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 810 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1001 MHz on this specific card. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units 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

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 4704 (155%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 560 should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 13440 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much (approximately 37%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16560 (37%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15360 (59%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few 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.