GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon Sky 500. 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 Sky 500. 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 Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti has 13% more power consumption, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 3 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 Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 128 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Sky 500 is 13 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 2796 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
ultra / 1080p 9−10 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF114 Pitcairn
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 January 2011 27 March 2013
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 822 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 52.67 76.00
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 229 mm 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB/s 154 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 87 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.39 Gh/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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