Radeon Vega 6 Embedded vs GeForce GTX 560

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking545not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.75no data
Power efficiency3.32no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGF114Raven
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 May 2011 (13 years ago)10 May 2018 (6 years ago)
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 cores336384
Core clock speed810 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1280 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature99 °Cno data
Texture fill rate45.3630.72
Floating-point processing power1.089 TFLOPS0.983 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs5624

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 x16IGP
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMINo outputs
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 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 May 2011 10 May 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

Vega 6 Embedded has an age advantage of 6 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 and Radeon Vega 6 Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.


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