GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 560, which has core speeds of 1175 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 36 Watts (45%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 560 should theoretically be a bit better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 16192 (16%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 should be quite a bit (about 161%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46400 (161%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 550 Ti is the winner, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2800 (15%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number 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 card will be at 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 the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.