NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6870
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6870

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6870.

460
Place in performance rating
449
27.97
Value for money (0-100)
16.67
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
Terascale 2
GF114
Code name
Barts
Desktop
Type
Desktop
20 February 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
22 October 2010 (11 years ago)
$89.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$239
$170 (1.9x MSRP)
Price now
$164 (0.7x MSRP)
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Design
reference
2.23
Value for money
2.62
GF114
GPU code name
RV940 Barts
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6870 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

288
Pipelines
1120
736 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
900 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
1,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
151 Watt
35.33
Texture fill rate
50.40
847.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,016.0 gflops
288
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1120
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Boost clock speed
900 MHz
1,950 million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
151 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and AMD Radeon HD 6870 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
210 mm
Length
220 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE vs AMD Radeon HD 6870.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
3828 MHz
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
91.87 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
134.4 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE vs AMD Radeon HD 6870.

2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and AMD Radeon HD 6870 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
no data
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE or AMD Radeon HD 6870 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
AMD Radeon HD 6870
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
AMD Radeon HD 6870
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
AMD Radeon HD 6870
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
AMD Radeon HD 6870
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
AMD Radeon HD 6870
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

0.09% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 151 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6870

Cheaper ($164 (0.7x MSRP) vs $170 (1.9x MSRP))

More pipelines (1120 vs 288)

More memory bandwidth (134.4 GB/s vs 91.87 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE or AMD Radeon HD 6870?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE versus AMD Radeon HD 6870 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.8 Out of 20 Hitesti Score
3.0 Out of 28 Hitesti Score