GeForce GTX 560 OEM vs GTX 560M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking743not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.04no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF116GF110
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 May 2011 (13 years ago)29 November 2011 (12 years ago)

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 cores192384
Core clock speed775 MHz552 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate24.8024.29
Floating-point processing power0.5952 TFLOPS0.8479 TFLOPS
ROPs2440
TMUs3244

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin
SLI options2-way-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB1280 MB
Memory bus widthUp to 192 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz802 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 60 GB/s128.3 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2011 29 November 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1280 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 560M has a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 100% lower power consumption.

GTX 560 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560M and GeForce GTX 560 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560M is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 560 OEM is a desktop one.


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