AMD Radeon HD 8790M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8790M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• Around 5% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 810 MHz
• Around 14% higher pipelines: 384 vs 336
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 433
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 80.418 vs 62.233

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

• 2.1x more texture fill rate: 45.4 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
• Around 57% better floating-point performance: 1,088.6 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2767 vs 1306
• Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8701 vs 4746
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.82 vs 12.759
• Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 623.187 vs 465.631
• Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.201 vs 1.576
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.402 vs 28.839
• Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3754 vs 2181
• Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3667 vs 2656
• Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3332 vs 2014
• Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3754 vs 2181
• Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3667 vs 2656
• Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3332 vs 2014

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8790M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1306 2767
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	751 433
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4746 8701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.759 25.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	465.631 623.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.576 2.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	28.839 30.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	80.418 62.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2181 3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2656 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2014 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2181 3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2656 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2014 3332

Compare specifications (specs)