NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 41.0 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 1 GB
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.324 vs 12.318
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1181.463 vs 748.068
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.978 vs 1.234
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 58.37 vs 28.768
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4590 vs 3127
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4590 vs 3127
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 November 2011 vs 4 April 2011
Texture fill rate 41.0 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 1280 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.324 vs 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1181.463 vs 748.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.978 vs 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.37 vs 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.575 vs 121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4590 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4590 vs 3127

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 732 MHz
  • Around 79% higher pipelines: 800 vs 448
  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 1,344.0 gflops vs 1,311.7 gflops
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 3800 MHz
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3534 vs 2133
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3333
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3534 vs 2133
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3333
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 840 MHz vs 732 MHz
Pipelines 800 vs 448
Floating-point performance 1,344.0 gflops vs 1,311.7 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz vs 3800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3534 vs 2133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3534 vs 2133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.324
12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1181.463
748.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.978
1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.37
28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
121.575
121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4590
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2133
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4590
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2133
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3350
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 AMD Radeon HD 6790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.324 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1181.463 748.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.978 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.37 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.575 121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4590 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2133 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4590 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2133 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4197
PassMark - G3D Mark 1616
PassMark - G2D Mark 374

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 AMD Radeon HD 6790

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF110 Barts
Launch date 29 November 2011 4 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $289 $149
Place in performance rating 856 857
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $64.99
Value for money (0-100) 39.40

Technical info

Core clock speed 732 MHz 840 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,311.7 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 448 800
Texture fill rate 41.0 GTexel / s 33.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 152.0 GB / s 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 320 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3800 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5