Quadro NVS 280 SD vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	579	1599
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.63	no data
Power efficiency	3.33	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GF114	NV18 C1
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	25 January 2011 (14 years ago)	31 May 2005 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	823 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	52.67	1.000
Floating-point processing power	1.263 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	64	4
L1 Cache	512 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1002 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB/s	3.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DMS-59
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	8.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	-

Synthetic benchmarks

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

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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:

900p	63	no data
Full HD	65	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p

3.83

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 January 2011	31 May 2005
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	10 Watt

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