NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and ATI Radeon X1600 XT 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 X1600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 590 MHz
22.3x more texture fill rate: 52.7 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1380 MHz
26.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3058 vs 116
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 431 vs 356
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3333 vs 1745
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3333 vs 1745

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 590 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3058 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark	431 vs 356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

4x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3058

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

431

356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

1745

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

1745

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3058	116
PassMark - G2D Mark	431	356
Geekbench - OpenCL	10727
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	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333	1745
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF114	RV530
Launch date	25 January 2011	1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	820	822
Price now	$138
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	823 MHz	590 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s	2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB / s	22.08 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3