NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

AMD Radeon HD 6790

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 45.4 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2762 vs 1590
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 433 vs 367
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.82 vs 12.318
Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.201 vs 1.234
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.402 vs 28.768
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3754 vs 3127
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3667 vs 3534
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3754 vs 3127
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3667 vs 3534

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2011 vs 4 April 2011
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2762 vs 1590
PassMark - G2D Mark	433 vs 367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.82 vs 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.201 vs 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.402 vs 28.768
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3754 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3667 vs 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3754 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3667 vs 3534

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 810 MHz
2.4x more pipelines: 800 vs 336
Around 23% better floating-point performance: 1,344.0 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 750.421 vs 623.187
Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 121.423 vs 62.233
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3332
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3332

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	840 MHz vs 810 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 336
Floating-point performance	1,344.0 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	750.421 vs 623.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	121.423 vs 62.233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2762

1590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

433

367

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.82

12.318

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

623.187

750.421

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.201

1.234

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.402

28.768

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

62.233

121.423

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3754

3127

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3667

3534

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3754

3127

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3667

3534

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	AMD Radeon HD 6790
PassMark - G3D Mark	2762	1590
PassMark - G2D Mark	433	367
Geekbench - OpenCL	8668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.82	12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	623.187	750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.201	1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.402	28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	62.233	121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3754	3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3667	3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3754	3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3667	3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	AMD Radeon HD 6790
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF114	Barts
Launch date	17 May 2011	4 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$149
Place in performance rating	879	880
Price now	$353.59	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.61	39.40
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	840 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C
Pipelines	336	800
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s	33.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	198 mm
SLI options	2-Way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.1	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI