Radeon HD 5770 vs GeForce GTX 560 SE

Aggregate performance score

GTX 560 SE
2012
1 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
4.95
+12.2%

GeForce GTX 560 SE outperforms Radeon HD 5770 by a moderate 12% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking599627
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.130.67
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF114Juniper
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 February 2012 (12 years ago)13 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89.99 $159
Current price$703 (7.8x MSRP)$103 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 5770 has 415% better value for money than GTX 560 SE.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores288800
Core clock speed736 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt108 Watt
Texture fill rate35.3334.00
Floating-point performance847.9 gflops1,360.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm208 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3828 MHz4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth91.87 GB/s76.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 560 SE 4.95
+12.2%
ATI HD 5770 4.41

GeForce GTX 560 SE outperforms Radeon HD 5770 by 12% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 560 SE 1914
+12.3%
ATI HD 5770 1705

GeForce GTX 560 SE outperforms Radeon HD 5770 by 12% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p24−27
+0%
24
+0%
Full HD50−55
+11.1%
45
−11.1%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.95 4.41
Recency 20 February 2012 13 October 2009
Cost $89.99 $159
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 108 Watt

The GeForce GTX 560 SE is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5770 in performance tests.


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