NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 6850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 52.7 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3038 vs 1972
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 31.935 vs 13.033
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.344 vs 1.333
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.841 vs 32.609
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4184 vs 3489
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4184 vs 3489
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 January 2011 vs 21 October 2010
Texture fill rate 52.7 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3038 vs 1972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.935 vs 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.344 vs 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.841 vs 32.609
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4184 vs 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4184 vs 3489

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

  • 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
  • Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 434 vs 425
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 946.933 vs 539.966
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.45 vs 64.308
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3683
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3683
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 960 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 127 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 434 vs 425
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 946.933 vs 539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.45 vs 64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3038
1972
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
425
434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.935
13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
539.966
946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.344
1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.841
32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
64.308
139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4184
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4184
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3348
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6850
PassMark - G3D Mark 3038 1972
PassMark - G2D Mark 425 434
Geekbench - OpenCL 11008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.935 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 539.966 946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.344 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.841 32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 64.308 139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4184 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4184 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 389 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6850

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Barts
Launch date 25 January 2011 21 October 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $179
Place in performance rating 822 823
Price now $138 $99.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 27.88 28.63
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 823 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 960
Texture fill rate 52.7 GTexel / s 37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 127 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 229 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Bus support AGP

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire