NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

GeForce GTX 560 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 17 May 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF114.

Core clock speed - 810 MHz. Texture fill rate - 45.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 336. Floating-point performance - 1,088.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,950 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 128.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
2756
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
433
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
8351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
25.820 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
623.187 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
2.201 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
30.402 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
62.233 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3754 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3667 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3332 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3754.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3667.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3332.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2756
PassMark - G2D Mark 433
Geekbench - OpenCL 8351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 25.820 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 623.187 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.201 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 30.402 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 62.233 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3754 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3667 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3332 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3754.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3667.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3332.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF114
Launch date 17 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 879
Price now $353.59
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.61

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 99 °C
Pipelines 336
Texture fill rate 45.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options 2-Way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI