NVS 5400M vs GeForce GTX 560

Place in performance ranking	513	909
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.64	0.05
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF114	N13P-NS1
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	17 May 2011 (12 years ago)	1 June 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$76 (0.4x MSRP)	$381

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 560 has 3180% better value for money than NVS 5400M.

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 cores	336	96
Core clock speed	810 MHz	660 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	45.36	10.56
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	253.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 560 and NVS 5400M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	28.8 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	+

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 7.07
+339%

NVS 5400M 1.61

GeForce GTX 560 outperforms NVS 5400M by 339% based on our aggregated 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 2736
+338%

NVS 5400M 625

GeForce GTX 560 outperforms NVS 5400M by 338% in Passmark.

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 9022
+283%

NVS 5400M 2353

GeForce GTX 560 outperforms NVS 5400M by 283% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.