GeForce GTX 560 SE vs Radeon R7 250X

GeForce GTX 560 SE
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Feb 2012
GeForce GTX 560 SE
Radeon R7 250X
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2014
Radeon R7 250X
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    100%
  • Radeon R7 250X
    121%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 SE

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider 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 SE .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 21% higher average synthetic performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R7 250X

HWBench recommends Radeon R7 250X

The Radeon R7 250X is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 SERadeon R7 250X
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-200-KB-A1)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde XT)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders288vs640
Compute Units6vs10
Core clock736 MHzvs950 MHz
ROPs24vs16
TMUs48vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 SERadeon R7 250X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed957 MHz
3828 MHz effective
vs1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560 SERadeon R7 250X
TDP150 wattsvs80 watts
Release Date20 Feb 2012vs13 Feb 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    8.83 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 250X
    15.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    35.30 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 250X
    38.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    91.90 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 250X
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    847.90 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 250X
    1216.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    3300
  • Radeon R7 250X
    4020

Points (higher is better)