Radeon R6 Graphics vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 517 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.73 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.24 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | GF114 | Spectre Lite |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 January 2011 (13 years ago) | 17 September 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 384 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 823 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,950 million | 2,410 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 52.67 | 14.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.263 TFLOPS | 0.4608 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | 24 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
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 type | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1002 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.3 GB/s | no data |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 January 2011 | 17 September 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | 15 Watt |
R6 Graphics has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1033.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon R6 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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