AMD Radeon 540 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35524 vs 11018
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3333
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3333
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 25 January 2011
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 vs 11018
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3333

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

  • 1052.8x better floating-point performance: 1,263.4 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 668x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 6 Gbps
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 425 vs 247
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3038 vs 1362
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 2355
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 2355
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4184 vs 1726
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4184 vs 1726
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz vs 6 Gbps
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 425 vs 247
PassMark - G3D Mark 3038 vs 1362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 2355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4184 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4184 vs 1726

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
247
425
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1362
3038
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
35524
11018
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2355
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
4184
Name AMD Radeon 540 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 425
PassMark - G3D Mark 1362 3038
Geekbench - OpenCL 35524 11018
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2355 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2355 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1726 4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1726 4184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 64.308
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 389

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 540 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Essentials

Architecture 4th Gen GCN Fermi 2.0
Code name Topaz GF114
Design AMD Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 25 January 2011
Place in performance rating 877 822
Type Notebook Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Price now $138
Value for money (0-100) 27.88

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Compute units 8
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,263.4 gflops
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture Units 32
Core clock speed 823 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 52.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 128.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6 Gbps 4008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ Chill
FreeSync
HDMI 4K Support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin