Radeon E8860 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon E8860, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 560 Ti
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 170 Watt
7.88
+80.3%

GTX 560 Ti outperforms Radeon E8860 by an impressive 80% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking490633
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.82no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGF114Venus
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 January 2011 (13 years ago)25 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data
Current price$130 (0.5x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384640
Core clock speed822 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speedno data625 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt37 Watt
Texture fill rate52.6725.00
Floating-point performance1,263.4 gflops800.0 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 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2004 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 GB/s72 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-HDMI4x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
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 Ti 7.88
+80.3%
Radeon E8860 4.37

GeForce GTX 560 Ti outperforms Radeon E8860 by 80% 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 Ti 3042
+80.4%
Radeon E8860 1686

GeForce GTX 560 Ti outperforms Radeon E8860 by 80% 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:

900p63
+110%
30−35
−110%
Full HD59
+96.7%
30−35
−96.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+75%
12−14
−75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Battlefield 5 40−45
+73.9%
21−24
−73.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+75%
12−14
−75%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+66.7%
18−20
−66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+59.1%
21−24
−59.1%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+71.1%
35−40
−71.1%
Hitman 3 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+71.4%
35−40
−71.4%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+59.1%
21−24
−59.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+59.1%
21−24
−59.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+80%
24−27
−80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+66.7%
30−33
−66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Battlefield 5 40−45
+73.9%
21−24
−73.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+75%
12−14
−75%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+66.7%
18−20
−66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+59.1%
21−24
−59.1%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+71.1%
35−40
−71.1%
Hitman 3 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+71.4%
35−40
−71.4%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+59.1%
21−24
−59.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+59.1%
21−24
−59.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+80%
24−27
−80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+66.7%
30−33
−66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+75%
12−14
−75%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+66.7%
18−20
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+71.1%
35−40
−71.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+71.4%
35−40
−71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+80%
24−27
−80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+66.7%
30−33
−66.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+59.1%
21−24
−59.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+80%
14−16
−80%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+75%
12−14
−75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+75%
12−14
−75%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+71.4%
14−16
−71.4%
Hitman 3 18−20
+63.6%
10−12
−63.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
+76.5%
16−18
−76.5%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+61.5%
12−14
−61.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Hitman 3 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+77.8%
9−10
−77.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%

This is how GTX 560 Ti and Radeon E8860 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 560 Ti is 110% faster in 900p
  • GTX 560 Ti is 97% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.88 4.37
Recency 25 January 2011 25 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 37 Watt

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E8860 in performance tests.


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