NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE is a graphics card released on February 20, 2012, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 288 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus, 91.9 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 736 MHz and a 150 W board power rating. It scores 1,896 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.
Depth: 40 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: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE scores 1,896 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 65.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,036), measured across 297 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 462.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE averages DirectX 9 48 fps, DirectX 10 7 fps, DirectX 11 14 fps, DirectX 12 7 fps and GPU Compute 870 ops/s, across 297 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 736 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-21. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE is based on the Fermi architecture, uses the GF114-200-KB-A1 graphics processor, contains 1,950 million transistors and has a die size of 332 mm².
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE has 288 shading units, 48 texture mapping units and 24 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE 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 SE. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE runs at a base clock of 736 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 192-bit memory bus and delivers 91.9 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE has a board power rating of 150 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE was released on February 20, 2012 and launched at a price of $149.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE have?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE has 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 91.9 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE has a board power rating of 150 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE scores 1,896 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 65.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,036. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 7 fps.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE use?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE was released on February 20, 2012 and launched at a price of $149.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF114 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724); Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units (revision 1375708460).
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