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
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE | ATI Radeon HD 4850 |
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| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| 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 |
