GeForce GTX 560M vs Radeon HD 8870M
Summary
GeForce GTX 560M
100%
Radeon HD 8870M
131%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560M |
Supports PhysX |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8870M |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Around 31% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 8870M
The Radeon HD 8870M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 560M | | Radeon HD 8870M | |
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GPU Name | GF116 (N12E-GS-A1) | vs | Venus (Venus XT) |
Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 238 mm² | vs | 123 mm² |
Transistors | 1,170 million | vs | 1,500 million |
Shaders | 192 | vs | 640 |
Compute Units | 4 | vs | 10 |
Core clock | 775 MHz | vs | 725 MHz |
ROPs | 24 | vs | 16 |
TMUs | 32 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 560M | | Radeon HD 8870M | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 625 MHz
2500 MHz effective | vs | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560M | | Radeon HD 8870M | |
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TDP | 75 watts | vs | 0 watts |
Release Date | 30 May 2011 | vs | 1 Apr 2013 |
GeForce GTX 560M
6.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 8870M
12.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560M
24.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 8870M
31.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560M
60.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 8870M
72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560M
595.20 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 8870M
992.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560M
2110
Radeon HD 8870M
2780
Points (higher is better)