AMD Radeon R7 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking512not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.64no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF114Spectre
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 May 2011 (12 years old)11 January 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$76 (0.4x MSRP)$150
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores336512
Core clock speed810 MHz686 MHz
Boost clock speedno data980 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature99 °Cno data
Texture fill rate45.3631.36
Floating-point performance1,088.6 gflops526.8 gflops

Size and 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 x16IGP
Length8.25" (21 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsTwo 6-pinno data
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed4000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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 HDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

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 support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.0
OpenGL4.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 17 May 2011 11 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

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