GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R9 390 X2

GeForce GTX 560
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 17 May 2011
GeForce GTX 560
Radeon R9 390 X2
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Sep 2015
Radeon R9 390 X2
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Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560

430 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 390 X2 .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390 X2

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 390 X2

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 390 X2

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 560Radeon R9 390 X2
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-325-A1)vsGrenada (Grenada PRO)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders336vs2560
Compute Units7vs40
Core clock810 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs32vs64
TMUs56vs160

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560Radeon R9 390 X2
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs512 bit x2
Memory Speed1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective
vs1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560Radeon R9 390 X2
TDP150 wattsvs580 watts
Release Date17 May 2011vs3 Sep 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560
    11.30 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 390 X2
    128.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560
    45.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 390 X2
    320.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560
    128.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 390 X2
    692.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560
    1089.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 390 X2
    10240.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better