GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

GeForce GTX 470
Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Mar 2010
GeForce GTX 470
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jan 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 470
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 470
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 470

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti

45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 470 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU NameGF100 (GF100-275-A3)vsGF114 (GF114-400-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size529 mm²vs332 mm²
Transistors3,100 millionvs1,950 million
Shaders448vs384
Compute Units14vs8
Core clock608 MHzvs823 MHz
ROPs40vs32
TMUs56vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width320 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed837 MHz
3348 MHz effective
vs1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
Memory Size1280 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 560 Ti
TDP215 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date26 Mar 2010vs25 Jan 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 470
    17.00 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    13.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 470
    34.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    52.70 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 470
    134.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    128.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 470
    1089.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    1263.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 470
    4680
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    4660

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 470
    29
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    29

FPS (higher is better)