NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE vs AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and AMD Radeon HD 6770M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 736 MHz vs 725 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 35.33 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Around 22% better floating-point performance: 847.9 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1914 vs 964
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.456 vs 4.817
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 618.773 vs 234.842
4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.693 vs 0.393
Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.232 vs 15.475
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 50.114 vs 33.71
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3114 vs 3044
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3114 vs 3044

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 February 2012 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	736 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.33 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1914 vs 964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.456 vs 4.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	618.773 vs 234.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.693 vs 0.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.232 vs 15.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.114 vs 33.71
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3114 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3114 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Around 67% higher pipelines: 480 vs 288
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 423
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8338 vs 6235

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	480 vs 288
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	572 vs 423
Geekbench - OpenCL	8338 vs 6235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6770M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1914

964

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

423

572

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6235

8338

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.456

4.817

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

618.773

234.842

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.693

0.393

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.232

15.475

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

50.114

33.71

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3114

3044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3114

3044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3348

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE	AMD Radeon HD 6770M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1914	964
PassMark - G2D Mark	423	572
Geekbench - OpenCL	6235	8338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.456	4.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	618.773	234.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.693	0.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.232	15.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.114	33.71
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3114	3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3114	3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE	AMD Radeon HD 6770M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF114	Whistler
Launch date	20 February 2012	4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$89.99
Place in performance rating	967	984
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	28.95
Technical info
Core clock speed	736 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	288	480
Texture fill rate	35.33 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
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	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0