Radeon RX 560 XT vs GeForce GTX 560M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	710	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	N12E-GS	Ellesmere
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	30 May 2011 (13 years ago)	13 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$1198	$160

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	1792
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	775 MHz	973 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1073 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.8 billion/sec	120.2
Floating-point performance	595.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 560M and Radeon RX 560 XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
SLI options	2-way	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	Up to 192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	6600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 60 GB/s	211.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	30 May 2011	13 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt

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