NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

GeForce GTX 560M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 30 May 2011. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF116.

Core clock speed - 775 MHz. Texture fill rate - 24.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 595.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,170 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1536 MB. Memory clock speed - 1250 MHz. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
1261
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
261
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
4919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
13.598 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
404.618 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.227 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
25.333 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
44.123 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1857 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3275 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3341 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1857.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3275.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3341.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1261
PassMark - G2D Mark 261
Geekbench - OpenCL 4919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 13.598 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 404.618 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.227 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 25.333 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 44.123 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1857 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3275 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3341 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1857.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3275.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3341.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76867.80
Medium, 1366x76863.00
High, 1366x76860.50
Ultra, 1920x108023.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768172.30
Medium, 1366x76899.90
High, 1366x76861.30
Ultra, 1920x108044.20

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72060.00
High, 1366x76859.80
Ultra, 1920x108044.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72059.00
Medium, 1366x76855.40
High, 1366x76840.80
Ultra, 1920x108021.30

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76873.25
Medium, 1366x76848.80
High, 1366x76837.45
Ultra, 1920x108017.35

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768171.35
High, 1366x76871.70
Ultra, 1920x108027.20

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768234.90
Medium, 1360x76886.20
High, 1360x76867.90
Ultra, 1920x108035.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600116.30
Medium, 1360x76871.70
High, 1600x90030.60
Ultra, 1920x108011.00

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600235.60
Medium, 1024x768157.70
High, 1280x1024127.80

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108043.30

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768127.00
Medium, 1024x76889.50
High, 1024x76863.35
Ultra, 1920x108014.85

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108032.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768228.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF116
Launch date 30 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1173
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 192
Texture fill rate 24.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus