NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

460
Place in performance rating
271
27.97
Value for money (0-100)
35.62
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
Fermi
GF114
Code name
GF110
Desktop
Type
Desktop
20 February 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
9 November 2010 (11 years ago)
$89.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$499
$170 (1.9x MSRP)
Price now
$37 (0.1x MSRP)
2.23
Value for money
2.64
GF114
GPU code name
GF110
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

288
Pipelines
512
736 MHz
Core clock speed
772 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
35.33
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
847.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
no data
CUDA cores
512
288
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1,950 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
244 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
210 mm
Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
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SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
no data
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
3828 MHz
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
91.87 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
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Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
DSR
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.2
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 244 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

10.73% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($37 (0.1x MSRP) vs $170 (1.9x MSRP))

More pipelines (512 vs 288)

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (192.4 GB/s vs 91.87 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 performance benchmarks comparison

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