NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 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 X1450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 550 MHz
20.6x more texture fill rate: 45.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
84x more pipelines: 336 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
83.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2769 vs 33
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 432 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2011 vs 18 September 2006
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	336 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2769 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	432 vs 205

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

432

205

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
PassMark - G3D Mark	2769	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	432	205
Geekbench - OpenCL	8692
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 X1450
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF114	M64
Launch date	17 May 2011	18 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	865	862
Price now	$353.59
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	10.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C
Pipelines	336	4
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		550 MHz
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 1.0 x16
Length	8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options	2-Way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	450 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI