Radeon HD 6950 vs GeForce GTX 560
Summary
Radeon HD 6950
143%
GeForce GTX 560
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6950
103%
GeForce GTX 560
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6950 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6950 . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | GeForce GTX 560 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | vs | GF114 (GF114-325-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 332 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 1,950 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 336 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 7 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | GeForce GTX 560 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | | GeForce GTX 560 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 17 May 2011 |
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 560
11.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 560
45.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 560
128.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 560
1089.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
5710
GeForce GTX 560
3980
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6950
28
GeForce GTX 560
27
FPS (higher is better)