GeForce GTX 560 SE vs Radeon E8860

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 560 SE and Radeon E8860, 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 SE stacks up against Radeon E8860, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 SE Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 37 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 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 560 SE has 305% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon E8860 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon E8860 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 SE is 161 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon E8860 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon E8860 is 672 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 7−8
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 10−12 9−10
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 560 SE in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon E8860.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 SE Radeon E8860
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GF114 Venus
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 20 February 2012 25 January 2014
Pipelines 288 640
Core clock speed 736 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 35.33 25.00
Floating-point performance 847.9 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 91.87 GB/s 72 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 54 Mh/s 48 Mh/s
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