NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

368
Place in performance rating
348
42.74
Value for money (0-100)
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Fermi
Architecture
Kepler
GF114
Code name
GK104
Desktop
Type
Laptop
25 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$249
Launch price (MSRP)
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$180 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$403
4.67
Value for money
2.59
GF114
GPU code name
N15P-GT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
1344
822 MHz
Core clock speed
941 MHz
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Boost Clock
967 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
52.67
Texture fill rate
108.3
1,263.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,599 gflops
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CUDA cores
1344
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
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Boost clock speed
967 MHz
1,950 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
170 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
229 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
2004 MHz
Memory clock speed
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128.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
120.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Standard memory configuration
GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
+
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VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
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eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
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LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
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HDCP content protection
+
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7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
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TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
+
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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BatteryBoost
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
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FXAA
+
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TXAA
+
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3D Blu-Ray
+
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Direct Compute
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
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 $403)

More memory bandwidth (128.3 GB/s vs 120.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

1.93% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1344 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 170 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M performance benchmarks comparison

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