Radeon HD 8950M vs GeForce GTX 560

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	545	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.86	no data
Power efficiency	3.32	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GF114	Saturn
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	17 May 2011 (13 years ago)	14 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	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	336	768
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1075 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	45.36	51.60
Floating-point processing power	1.089 TFLOPS	1.651 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	56	48

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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	88 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-

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	6.3
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 May 2011	14 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt

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