GeForce GTX 560 OEM vs Radeon HD 6430M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1288 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | GF110 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 January 2011 (14 years ago) | 29 November 2011 (13 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 cores | 160 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 480 MHz | 552 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.840 | 24.29 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1536 TFLOPS | 0.8479 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 40 |
| TMUs | 8 | 44 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1280 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 802 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 128.3 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 January 2011 | 29 November 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1280 MB |
GTX 560 OEM has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6430M and GeForce GTX 560 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6430M is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTX 560 OEM is a desktop one.
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