AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 OEM

What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 OEM. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Cape VerdeGPU NameGF110
Cape Verde PROModel numberGF110-040-A1
GCN 1.0ArchitectureFermi 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size40 nm
1,500 millionTransistors3,000 million
123 mm²Die Size520 mm²

Graphics Card

Sep 5th, 2013Release DateNov 29th, 2011
Sea Islands
(HD 8700)
FamilyGeForce 500
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Southern IslandsPredecessorGeForce 400
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size1280 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus320 bit
72.00 GB/sBandwidth128.3 GB/s

Performance

12.80 GPixel/sPixel fillrate13.25 GPixel/s
25.60 GTexel/sTexture fillrate26.50 GTexel/s
819.2 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance847.9 GFLOPS
51.20 GFLOPS (1:16)FP64 (double) performance106.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Clock Speeds

1125 MHz
4.5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock802 MHz
3.2 Gbps effective
800 MHzGPU Clock552 MHz

Render Config

512Shading Units384
32TMUs48
16ROPs40
16 KB (per CU)L1 Cache64 KB (per SM)
256 KBL2 Cache640 KB

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
168 mm
6.6 inches
Length229 mm
9 inches
55 WThermal design power (TDP)150 W
250 WSuggested PSU450 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin
C445Board NumberP1263

API support

12 (11_1)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
1.2OpenCL1.1
1.2VulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model5.1