GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon HD 6790

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon HD 6790. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon HD 6790. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon HD 6790
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti has 13% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon HD 6790 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6790 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6790 is 18 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon HD 6790 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 31 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 954 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6790.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 7−8
ultra / 1080p 9−10 4−5
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 18−20
medium / 1080p 18−20 9−10
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 90% more, than Radeon HD 6790.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon HD 6790
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF114 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 January 2011 4 April 2011
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 822 MHz 840 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 52.67 33.60
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Length 229 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 87 Mh/s 122 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.39 Gh/s
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