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.
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: 2756 vs 478
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 433 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 | 2756 vs 478 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 433 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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2756 | 478 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 433 | 187 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 8351 | |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 879 | 881 |
Price now | $353.59 | |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Value for money (0-100) | 10.61 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |
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SLI |