Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GTX 560 SE

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 560 SE with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

GTX 560 SE
2012
1 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
4.96

Vega 7 outperforms GTX 560 SE by an impressive 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking631530
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Power efficiency2.3111.56
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF114Cezanne
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 February 2012 (12 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89.99 no data

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 cores288448
Core clock speed736 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate35.3353.20
Floating-point processing power0.8479 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs4828

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 x16IGP
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed957 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth91.87 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 560 SE 4.96
Vega 7 7.46
+50.4%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 560 SE 2400
Vega 7 3348
+39.5%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD14−16
−57.1%
22
+57.1%
1440p18−20
−55.6%
28
+55.6%
4K12−14
−66.7%
20
+66.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.43no data
1440p5.00no data
4K7.50no data

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.96 7.46
Recency 20 February 2012 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 45 Watt

Vega 7 has a 50.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 560 SE in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 SE is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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