GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book. 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.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Maxwell GPU Surface Book have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is build with Fermi architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 132 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3008 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 8−9
ultra / 1080p 9−10 5−6
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 20−22
medium / 1080p 18−20 10−12
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 72% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture Fermi Maxwell
Code name GF114 Surface Book
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 25 January 2011 1 October 2015
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 822 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 52.67
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops
Length 229 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1 +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 87 Mh/s
Optimus +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.39 Gh/s
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