GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R7 260

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon R7 260. 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 R7 260. 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 R7 260
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti has 47% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 260 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R7 260 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 260 - with GCN 2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 260 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 59 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 379 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10 8−9
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 18−20 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon R7 260.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon R7 260
Architecture Fermi GCN 2.0
Code name GF114 Bonaire
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 January 2011 17 December 2013
Pipelines 384 768
Core clock speed 822 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 52.67 48.00
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 229 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 87 Mh/s 240 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.39 Gh/s
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