GeForce 8800 GTS 320 vs GTX 560 SE

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking626not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Power efficiency2.39no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF114G80
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 February 2012 (12 years ago)12 February 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89.99 $269

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores28896
Core clock speed736 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt143 Watt
Texture fill rate35.3324.62
Floating-point processing power0.8479 TFLOPS0.2281 TFLOPS
ROPs2420
TMUs4824

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB320 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed957 MHz792 MHz
Memory bandwidth91.87 GB/s63.36 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 February 2012 12 February 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 320 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 143 Watt

GTX 560 SE has an age advantage of 5 years, a 220% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

8800 GTS 320, on the other hand, has 4.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 SE and GeForce 8800 GTS 320. We've got no test results to judge.


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