Radeon R7 350 vs GeForce GTX 560

Place in performance ranking	513	567
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.64	1.01
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GF114	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	17 May 2011 (12 years ago)	6 July 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$76 (0.4x MSRP)	$142

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 560 has 62% better value for money than R7 350.

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	512
Core clock speed	810 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	55 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	45.36	25.60
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	819.2 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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	168 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	None
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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	72 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported GPU 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_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	7.07	5.56
Recency	17 May 2011	6 July 2016
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	55 Watt