NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and ATI Radeon X1600 XT 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 Radeon X1600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 590 MHz
19.2x more texture fill rate: 45.4 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1380 MHz
23.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2774 vs 116
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 434 vs 356
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3332 vs 1745
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3332 vs 1745

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2011 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 590 MHz
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2774 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark	434 vs 356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

3.6x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2774

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

434

356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

1745

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

1745

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2774	116
PassMark - G2D Mark	434	356
Geekbench - OpenCL	8699
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	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332	1745
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF114	RV530
Launch date	17 May 2011	1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	855	858
Price now	$353.59
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	590 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C
Pipelines	336
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s	2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	22.08 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI