NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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 Ti

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 601 MHz
7.3x more texture fill rate: 52.7 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
4.4x better floating-point performance: 1,263.4 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
10.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3063 vs 292
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 438 vs 344
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 2648
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 2648

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 240
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops vs 288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063 vs 292
PassMark - G2D Mark	438 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333 vs 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333 vs 2648

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3063

292

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

344

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

2648

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

2648

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063	292
PassMark - G2D Mark	438	344
Geekbench - OpenCL	10721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333	2648
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF114	R600
Launch date	25 January 2011	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	799	801
Price now	$138
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	823 MHz	601 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384	240
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	720 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 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3