NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and ATI Radeon HD 4850 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 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 736 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 35.33 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 93% higher memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1986 MHz
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1851 vs 941
  • 6.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 467 vs 75
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 February 2012 vs 25 June 2008
Core clock speed 736 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 35.33 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz vs 1986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1851 vs 941
PassMark - G2D Mark 467 vs 75
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3344

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

  • 2.8x more pipelines: 800 vs 288
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 1,000.0 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 150 Watt
Pipelines 800 vs 288
Floating-point performance 1,000.0 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1851
941
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
467
75
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3344
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE ATI Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark 1851 941
PassMark - G2D Mark 467 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 7032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 618.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 50.114
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3344
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE ATI Radeon HD 4850

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GF114 RV770
Launch date 20 February 2012 25 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $89.99 $199
Place in performance rating 936 1288
Price now $89.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 28.95

Technical info

Core clock speed 736 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 847.9 gflops 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 288 800
Texture fill rate 35.33 GTexel / s 25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 210 mm 246 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 91.87 GB / s 63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 1986 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3