Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R7 265
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 25 Jan 2011
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 265
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti100%
- Radeon R7 265148%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti100%
- Radeon R7 265135%
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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 265
- 35% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R7 265
The Radeon R7 265 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-400-A1) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 384 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 16 |
| Core clock | 823 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jan 2011 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti13.20 GP/s
- Radeon R7 26529.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti52.70 GT/s
- Radeon R7 26559.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti128.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 265179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti1263.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 2651894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti4660
- Radeon R7 2656900
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti30
- Radeon R7 26544
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti34
- Radeon R7 26546
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti23
- Radeon R7 26527
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti29
- Radeon R7 26539
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti25
- Radeon R7 26531
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 560 Ti19
- Radeon R7 26529
FPS (higher is better)