GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R9 M385X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon R9 M385X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 560 Ti stacks up against Radeon R9 M385X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M385X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M385X is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M385X here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon R9 M385X
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M385X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M385X has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M385X - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M385X - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M385X is 278 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M385X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 504 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M385X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 8−9
ultra / 1080p 9−10 5−6
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 18−20
medium / 1080p 18−20 10−11
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 90% more, than Radeon R9 M385X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon R9 M385X
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF114 Strato-XT-M3
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 25 January 2011 16 June 2015
Pipelines 384 896
Core clock speed 822 MHz 1100 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 61.60
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 229 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 87 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.39 Gh/s
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