Quadro T1000 vs GeForce GTX 560M

Place in the ranking	745	324
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.00	23.02
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GF116	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	30 May 2011 (13 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 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 cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1455 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.80	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.5952 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	no data
TMUs	32	no data

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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	2-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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	no data
Memory bus width	Up to 192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 60 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	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

No outputs

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.

DirectX	12 API	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

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 560M 3.28

Quadro T1000 16.79
+412%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 560M 1262

Quadro T1000 6469
+413%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 560M 4919

Quadro T1000 33875
+589%

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:

900p	31 −384%	150−160 +384%
Full HD	38 −400%	190−200 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
−400%

30−33

+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −400%	90−95 +400%
Hitman 3	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −400%	120−130 +400%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −400%	65−70 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −400%	200−210 +400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −400%	90−95 +400%
Hitman 3	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −400%	120−130 +400%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −400%	65−70 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −400%	200−210 +400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −400%	90−95 +400%
Hitman 3	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −400%	120−130 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −400%	65−70 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −400%	200−210 +400%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
−400%

40−45

+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Hitman 3	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −400%	100−105 +400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−400%

35−40

+400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−350%

18−20

+350%

This is how GTX 560M and Quadro T1000 compete in popular games:

Quadro T1000 is 384% faster in 900p
Quadro T1000 is 400% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.28	16.79
Recency	30 May 2011	27 May 2019
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt

Quadro T1000 has a 411.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 560M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560M is a notebook card while Quadro T1000 is a workstation one.

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