GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon HD 7950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon HD 7950. 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 HD 7950. 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 HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 17% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 2 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 HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is 38 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 560 Ti is 754 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

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 HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 Ti Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF114 Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 January 2011 31 January 2012
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 822 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 52.67 89.60
Floating-point performance 1,263.4 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 229 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2004 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.3 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 87 Mh/s 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.39 Gh/s 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
AppAcceleration +
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