Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R7 260X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 25 Jan 2011
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 260X
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti100%
- Radeon R7 260X134%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti100%
- Radeon R7 260X104%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 560 Ti
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 260X
- 55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 560 Ti .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-400-A1) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 384 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 14 |
| Core clock | 823 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jan 2011 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti13.20 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti52.70 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti128.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti1263.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti4660
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti30
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti34
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti23
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti29
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti25
- Radeon R7 260X26
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti19
- Radeon R7 260X22
FPS (higher is better)