Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon HD 7790
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 560
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 17 May 2011
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7790
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Mar 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 560100%
- Radeon HD 7790153%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 560100%
- Radeon HD 7790111%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 560
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7790
- 11% higher gaming performance.
- 65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 560 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 7790
The Radeon HD 7790 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon HD 7790 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-325-A1) | Bonaire (Bonaire XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 336 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 7 | 14 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon HD 7790 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon HD 7790 |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 85 watts |
| Release Date | 17 May 2011 | 22 Mar 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 56011.30 GP/s
- Radeon HD 779016.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 56045.40 GT/s
- Radeon HD 779056.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 560128.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 779096.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5601089.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 77901792.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5603980
- Radeon HD 77906110
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 56027
- Radeon HD 779030
FPS (higher is better)