NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and ATI Radeon HD 5850 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 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 12% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 725 MHz
- Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 151 Watt
- Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2774 vs 1966
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 434 vs 411
- Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.82 vs 16.467
- Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.201 vs 1.541
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 17 May 2011 vs 30 September 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 810 MHz vs 725 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt vs 151 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2774 vs 1966 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 434 vs 411 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 25.82 vs 16.467 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.201 vs 1.541 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850
- Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 45.4 GTexel / s
- 4.3x more pipelines: 1440 vs 336
- Around 92% better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
- 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 8699
- Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 623.187
- Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.08 vs 30.402
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3806 vs 3754
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3667
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3332
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3806 vs 3754
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3667
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3332
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 52.2 GTexel / s vs 45.4 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1440 vs 336 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,088.0 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 33977 vs 8699 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1109.612 vs 623.187 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 42.08 vs 30.402 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3806 vs 3754 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 vs 3667 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3332 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3806 vs 3754 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 vs 3667 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3332 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 | ATI Radeon HD 5850 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2774 | 1966 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 434 | 411 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8699 | 33977 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 25.82 | 16.467 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 623.187 | 1109.612 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.201 | 1.541 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 30.402 | 42.08 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 62.233 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3754 | 3806 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3667 | 3715 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3332 | 3358 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3754 | 3806 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3667 | 3715 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3332 | 3358 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 | ATI Radeon HD 5850 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | GF114 | Cypress |
| Launch date | 17 May 2011 | 30 September 2009 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $299 |
| Place in performance rating | 855 | 751 |
| Price now | $353.59 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 10.61 | |
| Design | ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 810 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,088.6 gflops | 2,088.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 99 °C | |
| Pipelines | 336 | 1440 |
| Texture fill rate | 45.4 GTexel / s | 52.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 151 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,950 million | 2,154 million |
| Boost clock speed | 725 MHz | |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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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) | 241 mm |
| SLI options | 2-Way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | Two 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.1 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB / s | 128.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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