TITAN RTX vs GeForce GTX 560 SE

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 560 SE and TITAN RTX, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 560 SE
2012
1 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
4.96

TITAN RTX outperforms GTX 560 SE by a whopping 884% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking60056
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.1311.33
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameGF114TU102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 February 2012 (12 years ago)18 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89.99 $2,499
Current price$703 (7.8x MSRP)$1035 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

TITAN RTX has 8615% 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 cores2884608
Core clock speed736 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt280 Watt
Texture fill rate35.33509.8
Floating-point performance847.9 gflopsno data

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 3.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB24 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed3828 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth91.87 GB/s672.0 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-HDMI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.17.5

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 4.96
TITAN RTX 48.83
+884%

TITAN RTX outperforms GeForce GTX 560 SE by 884% based on our aggregate 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
TITAN RTX 18858
+885%

TITAN RTX outperforms GeForce GTX 560 SE by 885% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 560 SE 2400
TITAN RTX 35821
+1393%

TITAN RTX outperforms GeForce GTX 560 SE by 1393% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 560 SE 6235
TITAN RTX 149825
+2303%

TITAN RTX outperforms GeForce GTX 560 SE by 2303% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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:

Full HD16−18
−888%
158
+888%
1440p10−12
−930%
103
+930%
4K7−8
−971%
75
+971%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 79
−849%
750−800
+849%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
−862%
1000−1050
+862%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 104
−862%
1000−1050
+862%
Battlefield 5 209
−881%
2050−2100
+881%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 143
−879%
1400−1450
+879%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
−849%
750−800
+849%
Far Cry 5 127
−884%
1250−1300
+884%
Far Cry New Dawn 201
−870%
1950−2000
+870%
Forza Horizon 4 187
−863%
1800−1850
+863%
Hitman 3 117
−883%
1150−1200
+883%
Horizon Zero Dawn 332
−879%
3250−3300
+879%
Metro Exodus 144
−872%
1400−1450
+872%
Red Dead Redemption 2 127
−884%
1250−1300
+884%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 351
−883%
3450−3500
+883%
Watch Dogs: Legion 112
−882%
1100−1150
+882%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 95
−847%
900−950
+847%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
−866%
850−900
+866%
Battlefield 5 203
−861%
1950−2000
+861%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 131
−854%
1250−1300
+854%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
−849%
750−800
+849%
Far Cry 5 101
−841%
950−1000
+841%
Far Cry New Dawn 154
−874%
1500−1550
+874%
Forza Horizon 4 254
−884%
2500−2550
+884%
Hitman 3 94
−857%
900−950
+857%
Horizon Zero Dawn 336
−882%
3300−3350
+882%
Metro Exodus 137
−849%
1300−1350
+849%
Red Dead Redemption 2 126
−852%
1200−1250
+852%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 286
−879%
2800−2850
+879%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 267
−874%
2600−2650
+874%
Watch Dogs: Legion 204
−880%
2000−2050
+880%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 79
−849%
750−800
+849%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
−838%
750−800
+838%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 102
−880%
1000−1050
+880%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
−862%
750−800
+862%
Far Cry 5 79
−849%
750−800
+849%
Forza Horizon 4 175
−871%
1700−1750
+871%
Horizon Zero Dawn 218
−863%
2100−2150
+863%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 242
−871%
2350−2400
+871%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 139
−871%
1350−1400
+871%
Watch Dogs: Legion 86
−830%
800−850
+830%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 123
−876%
1200−1250
+876%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 95−100
−869%
950−1000
+869%
Far Cry New Dawn 144
−872%
1400−1450
+872%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
−826%
500−550
+826%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
−809%
600−650
+809%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 122
−884%
1200−1250
+884%
Cyberpunk 2077 66
−809%
600−650
+809%
Far Cry 5 134
−870%
1300−1350
+870%
Forza Horizon 4 157
−855%
1500−1550
+855%
Hitman 3 100
−850%
950−1000
+850%
Horizon Zero Dawn 168
−882%
1650−1700
+882%
Metro Exodus 114
−865%
1100−1150
+865%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 183
−884%
1800−1850
+884%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
−874%
750−800
+874%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70
−829%
650−700
+829%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 119
−866%
1150−1200
+866%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 88
−866%
850−900
+866%
Far Cry New Dawn 67
−870%
650−700
+870%
Hitman 3 48
−838%
450−500
+838%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−809%
600−650
+809%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 66
−809%
600−650
+809%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 103
−871%
1000−1050
+871%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
−862%
500−550
+862%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 43
−830%
400−450
+830%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50
−800%
450−500
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 33
−809%
300−310
+809%
Far Cry 5 49
−818%
450−500
+818%
Forza Horizon 4 114
−865%
1100−1150
+865%
Horizon Zero Dawn 102
−880%
1000−1050
+880%
Metro Exodus 82
−876%
800−850
+876%
Watch Dogs: Legion 43
−830%
400−450
+830%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 74
−846%
700−750
+846%

This is how GTX 560 SE and TITAN RTX compete in popular games:

  • TITAN RTX is 888% faster in 1080p
  • TITAN RTX is 930% faster in 1440p
  • TITAN RTX is 971% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.96 48.83
Recency 20 February 2012 18 December 2018
Cost $89.99 $2499
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 280 Watt

The TITAN RTX is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 560 SE in performance tests.


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