GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs GTX 560 Ti OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF114AD103
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 March 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3849728
Core clock speed823 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1455 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate52.67442.3
Floating-point processing power1.263 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs32112
TMUs64304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 GB/s448.0 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-HDMIPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 March 2011 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 4090 Max-Q has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 112.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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