NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
VS
AMD Radeon RX 590
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
VS
AMD Radeon RX 590

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

368
Place in performance rating
135
42.74
Value for money (0-100)
47.84
Fermi
Architecture
Polaris
GF114
Code name
Polaris 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
25 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
15 November 2018 (3 years ago)
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
$279
$180 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$409 (1.5x MSRP)
4.67
Value for money
43.37
GF114
GPU code name
Polaris 30
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
2304
822 MHz
Core clock speed
1469 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1545 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
52.67
Texture fill rate
222.5
1,263.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
no data
Boost clock speed
1545 MHz
1,950 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
170 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
175 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
241 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

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 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2004 MHz
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
128.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590 is the additional functionality.

no data
FreeSync
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590 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 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 590 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590 119 73 61 48 37 19
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590 132 82.6 75 73.9 52 27
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590 287 158 139 96 71.5 39.9
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590 303.2 123.2 82.8 57.7 36.8 19.4
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590 212 128 111 110 75.3 39.1
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 Ti

Cheaper ($180 (0.7x MSRP) vs $409 (1.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (170 Watt vs 175 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590

29.67% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s vs 128.3 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 590?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 590 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti versus AMD Radeon RX 590 performance benchmarks comparison

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