GeForce GTX 560 OEM vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 475 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb XT | GF110 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 January 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 cores | 1920 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 680 MHz | 552 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2x1700 Million | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 24.29 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.8479 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 40 |
| TMUs | no data | 44 |
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 |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | 2x2 GB | 1280 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 802 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 128.3 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 Connectors | no data | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2011 | 29 November 2011 |
GTX 560 OEM has an age advantage of 10 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and GeForce GTX 560 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 560 OEM is a desktop 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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