GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R9 295X2

GeForce GTX 560
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 17 May 2011
GeForce GTX 560
Radeon R9 295X2
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Apr 2014
Radeon R9 295X2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560
    100%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    664%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560

350 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 295X2

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 564% higher average synthetic performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R9 295X2

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 295X2

The Radeon R9 295X2 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 560Radeon R9 295X2
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-325-A1)vsVesuvius (Vesuvius XT)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders336vs2816
Compute Units7vs44
Core clock810 MHzvs1018 MHz
ROPs32vs64
TMUs56vs176

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560Radeon R9 295X2
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs512 bit x2
Memory Speed1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560Radeon R9 295X2
TDP150 wattsvs500 watts
Release Date17 May 2011vs29 Apr 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560
    11.30 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    130.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560
    45.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    358.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560
    128.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    640.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560
    1089.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    11466.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560
    3980
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    26440

Points (higher is better)