NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M 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 8 month(s) later
  • 4.3x more texture fill rate: 45.4 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 336 vs 144
  • 3.2x better floating-point performance: 1,088.6 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2755 vs 811
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 431 vs 203
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3667 vs 3274
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3667 vs 3274
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 45.4 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 336 vs 144
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2755 vs 811
PassMark - G2D Mark 431 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3667 vs 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3667 vs 3274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

  • Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12379 vs 9103
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3332
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3332
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1180 MHz vs 810 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 12379 vs 9103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2755
811
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
431
203
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9103
12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3667
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3667
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
3350
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2755 811
PassMark - G2D Mark 431 203
Geekbench - OpenCL 9103 12379
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 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3667 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi
Code name GF114 GF106
Launch date 17 May 2011 3 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 877 878
Price now $353.59
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 10.61

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 1180 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 99 °C
Pipelines 336 144
Texture fill rate 45.4 GTexel / s 10.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 144

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) 12 API
OpenGL 4.1 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB / s 60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus