Radeon R7 Graphics vs GeForce GTX 560M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking739not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.02no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF116Spectre
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 May 2011 (13 years ago)11 January 2014 (10 years ago)

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 cores192512
Core clock speed775 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speedno data980 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate24.8031.36
Floating-point processing power0.5952 TFLOPS1.004 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs3232

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options2-way-

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 amount1536 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus widthUp to 192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1250 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidthUp to 60 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.0
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2011 11 January 2014
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt

R7 Graphics has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560M and Radeon R7 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560M is a notebook card while Radeon R7 Graphics is a desktop one.


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