GeForce GTX 560 SE vs Radeon HD 7990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 560 SE and Radeon HD 7990. 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 SE and Radeon HD 7990. 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 SE Radeon HD 7990
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 150% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7990 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7990 has 2 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 HD 7990 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 214 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7990 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7990 is 97 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 2172 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than GeForce GTX 560 SE.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 560 SE Radeon HD 7990
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GF114 Malta
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 20 February 2012 24 April 2013
Pipelines 288 2048
Core clock speed 736 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 35.33 128.0
Floating-point performance 847.9 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Length 210 mm 307 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 91.87 GB/s 288.0 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
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