NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260X

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 Ti  vs  AMD Radeon R7 260X.

368
Place in performance rating
360
42.74
Value for money (0-100)
26.29
Fermi
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GF114
Code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Type
Desktop
25 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
$139
$180 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$168 (1.2x MSRP)
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Design
reference
4.67
Value for money
5.21
GF114
GPU code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti  vs  AMD Radeon R7 260X 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.

384
Pipelines
896
822 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
1000 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
52.67
Texture fill rate
61.60
1,263.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,971 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
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Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
1,950 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
170 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon R7 260X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
170 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 Ti vs AMD Radeon R7 260X.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2004 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
128.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
104 GB/s

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 Ti vs AMD Radeon R7 260X.

2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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.

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
6.3
no data
OpenCL
2.0
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 Ti or AMD Radeon R7 260X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
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 Ti

0.17% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (128.3 GB/s vs 104 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260X

Cheaper ($168 (1.2x MSRP) vs $180 (0.7x MSRP))

More pipelines (896 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (115 Watt vs 170 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti or AMD Radeon R7 260X?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti versus AMD Radeon R7 260X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.0 Out of 74 Hitesti Score
3.7 Out of 27 Hitesti Score