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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 is a graphics card, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 336 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, 128.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 810 MHz and a 150 W board power rating. It scores 2,772 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

FermiGF114-325-A1

8/10 key specs recorded · 26 facts

Depth: 37 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

336cores

Memory

1 GB

GDDR5 · 256-bit

Boost clock

n/a

810 MHz base

Board power

150 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 scores 2,772 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 71.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #797), measured across 5,469 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 433.

PassMark G3D Mark

2,772

Rank #797
Faster than 71.7% of 2,658 GPUs
5,469 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 59 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 62.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 12 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 53.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 22 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 52.4% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 10 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 35.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,019 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 48.9% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 averages DirectX 9 59 fps, DirectX 10 12 fps, DirectX 11 22 fps, DirectX 12 10 fps and GPU Compute 1,019 ops/s, across 5,469 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 810 MHz

Memory clock 4008 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 150 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-18

Samples 5,469

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 810 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-18. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename GF114-325-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 is based on the Fermi architecture and uses the GF114-325-A1 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 336

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 56

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 has 336 shading units, 56 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560.

Clock speeds

Base clock 810 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 runs at a base clock of 810 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 128.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 128.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 has a board power rating of 150 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 150 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price $199

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 500 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 launched at a price of $199.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 2,772

PassMark G2D 433

Rank #797

Samples 5,469

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 has 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 128.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 has a board power rating of 150 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 scores 2,772 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 71.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #797. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 10 fps.