GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R7 265

GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jan 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon R7 265
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2014
Radeon R7 265

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%
  • Radeon R7 265
    148%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    100%
  • Radeon R7 265
    135%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R7 265

HWBench recommends 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 TiRadeon R7 265
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-400-A1)vsPitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders384vs1024
Compute Units8vs16
Core clock823 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs64vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiRadeon R7 265
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560 TiRadeon R7 265
TDP170 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date25 Jan 2011vs13 Feb 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    13.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    29.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    52.70 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    59.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    128.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    1263.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 265
    1894.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    4660
  • Radeon R7 265
    6900

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield 4

DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    30
  • Radeon R7 265
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    34
  • Radeon R7 265
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    23
  • Radeon R7 265
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    29
  • Radeon R7 265
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    25
  • Radeon R7 265
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    19
  • Radeon R7 265
    29

FPS (higher is better)