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.

 

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
  • 26.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3051 vs 116
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 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 3051 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark 429 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
3051
116
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
429
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 3051 116
PassMark - G2D Mark 429 356
Geekbench - OpenCL 10715
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 819 821
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