NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE vs AMD FirePro V4900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and AMD FirePro V4900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 35.33 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 847.9 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1914 vs 990
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 423 vs 312
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7009 vs 1928
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.456 vs 6.303
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 618.773 vs 392.237
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.693 vs 0.597
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.232 vs 17.874
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2970 vs 1747
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2970 vs 1747
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 February 2012 vs 1 November 2011
Texture fill rate 35.33 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 847.9 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1914 vs 990
PassMark - G2D Mark 423 vs 312
Geekbench - OpenCL 7009 vs 1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.456 vs 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 618.773 vs 392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.693 vs 0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.232 vs 17.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2970 vs 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2970 vs 1747

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 736 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 480 vs 288
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3828 MHz
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 72.818 vs 50.114
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3753 vs 3114
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7745 vs 3356
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3753 vs 3114
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7745 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 736 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 288
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 3828 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 72.818 vs 50.114
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3753 vs 3114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7745 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3753 vs 3114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7745 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V4900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1914
990
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
423
312
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7009
1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.456
6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
618.773
392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.693
0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.232
17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
50.114
72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2970
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3114
3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2970
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3114
3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
7745
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE AMD FirePro V4900
PassMark - G3D Mark 1914 990
PassMark - G2D Mark 423 312
Geekbench - OpenCL 7009 1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.456 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 618.773 392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.693 0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.232 17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 50.114 72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2970 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3114 3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2970 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3114 3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 7745
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE AMD FirePro V4900

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Turks
Launch date 20 February 2012 1 November 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $89.99
Place in performance rating 973 974
Price now $89.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 28.95

Technical info

Core clock speed 736 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 847.9 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 288 480
Texture fill rate 35.33 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 210 mm 163 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 91.87 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5