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GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960
IntroThe GeForce GTX 560 Ti has a clock speed of 822 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with clock speeds of 1127 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
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BenchmarksThese 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
Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthIn theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be 15% quicker than the GeForce GTX 960 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 960 is much (more or less 37%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)
Pixel RateIf running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is the winner, by far. (explain)
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
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
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3 Responses to “GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960”Wow. My veteran old 560ti still holds its own against newer, faster cards. That 256-bit bus really seems to keep the old 560ti in the game. For the hundreds of dollars the new VGA's cost, I don't see a huge, overwhelming advantage over the 560ti.
thats what im sayin. i got my 560 year ago and it still performs better than the newer stuff around 200$, id need to spend 300+ for a good upgrade other than that ill stick with the 560. mayb just get another 560 for around 130$
960 offers great low power consumption and only loses in the memory bandwith departement vs the 560 which is not the worst thing in the world.
I will buy a 960 and later upgrade to a 960 SLI setup