GeForce RTX 5080 vs GTX 560

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking547not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.82no data
Power efficiency3.28no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGF114GB203
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 May 2011 (13 years ago)2025
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores33610752
Core clock speed810 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt350 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature99 °Cno data
Texture fill rate45.36846.7
Floating-point processing power1.089 TFLOPS54.19 TFLOPS
ROPs32128
TMUs56336
Tensor Coresno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length210 mm304 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 16-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s160.0 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+9.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 350 Watt

GTX 560 has 133.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 and GeForce RTX 5080. We've got no test results to judge.


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