NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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 X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 325 MHz
40.5x more texture fill rate: 52.7 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
8x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 500 MHz
62.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3063 vs 49
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 438 vs 229

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	438 vs 229

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

4.7x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3063

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

229

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	ATI Radeon X600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	3063	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	438	229
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	ATI Radeon X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	GF114	RV370
Launch date	25 January 2011	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	799	802
Price now	$138
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	823 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	52.7 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x 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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.3 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR