NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 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

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 660 MHz
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 1,088.6 gflops vs 2x 422.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2755 vs 478
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 431 vs 187

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2011 vs 1 September 2008
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 660 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops vs 2x 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2755 vs 478
PassMark - G2D Mark	431 vs 187

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

4.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 45.4 GTexel / s
Around 90% higher pipelines: 640 vs 336
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 150 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 45.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 336
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2755

478

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

431

187

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2755	478
PassMark - G2D Mark	431	187
Geekbench - OpenCL	9103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	623.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	62.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF114	M88
Launch date	17 May 2011	1 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	877	879
Price now	$353.59
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	10.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	2x 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C
Pipelines	336	640
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
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)
SLI options	2-Way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	2x 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI