Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R7 250X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 560
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 17 May 2011
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 250X
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 560100%
- Radeon R7 250X101%
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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 250X
- 70 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 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-325-A1) | Cape Verde (Cape Verde XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 336 | 640 |
| Compute Units | 7 | 10 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | 950 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | 40 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 80 watts |
| Release Date | 17 May 2011 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 56011.30 GP/s
- Radeon R7 250X15.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 56045.40 GT/s
- Radeon R7 250X38.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 560128.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 250X72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5601089.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 250X1216.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5603980
- Radeon R7 250X4020
Points (higher is better)