NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M videocard review

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

38588

1261

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

261

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345150

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

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

1. Dirt Showdown (2012)
2. Diablo III (2012)
3. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
5. Battlefield 3 (2011)
6. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

7. StarCraft 2 (2010)
8. Metro 2033 (2010)
9. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
10. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
11. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
12. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
13. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	67.80
Medium, 1366x768	63.00
High, 1366x768	60.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	23.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	172.30
Medium, 1366x768	99.90
High, 1366x768	61.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	44.20

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	60.00
High, 1366x768	59.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	44.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	59.00
Medium, 1366x768	55.40
High, 1366x768	40.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	21.30

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	73.25
Medium, 1366x768	48.80
High, 1366x768	37.45
Ultra, 1920x1080	17.35

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768	171.35
High, 1366x768	71.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.20

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	234.90
Medium, 1360x768	86.20
High, 1360x768	67.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	35.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	116.30
Medium, 1360x768	71.70
High, 1600x900	30.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	11.00

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600	235.60
Medium, 1024x768	157.70
High, 1280x1024	127.80

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Ultra, 1920x1080

43.30

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	127.00
Medium, 1024x768	89.50
High, 1024x768	63.35
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.85

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x1080

32.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

228.50

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