GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 970

GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jan 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    337%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    384%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970

284% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 970

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970

The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GTX 970
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-400-A1)vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs398 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs5,200 million
Shaders384vs1664
Compute Units8vs13
Core clock823 MHzvs1050 MHz
ROPs32vs56
TMUs64vs104

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GTX 970
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GTX 970
TDP170 wattsvs148 watts
Release Date25 Jan 2011vs19 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    13.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    58.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    52.70 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    109.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    128.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    224.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    1263.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 970
    3494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    4660
  • GeForce GTX 970
    15750

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    19
  • GeForce GTX 970
    73

FPS (higher is better)