RX 5600M vs R7 265

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Combined performance score

R7 265
10.32

RX 5600M outperforms R7 265 by 115% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking401230
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.6533.96
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code namePitcairnNavi 10
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years old)7 January 2020 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data
Current price$242 (1.6x MSRP)$525
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5600M has 1958% better value for money than R7 265.

Technical specs

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 cores10242304
Boost clock speed925 MHz1265 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate59.20182.2
Floating-point performance1,894 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 265 and Radeon RX 5600M 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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s288.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort support-no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
DDMA audio+no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkanno data1.2
Mantle-no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 265 10.32
RX 5600M 22.21
+115%

RX 5600M outperforms R7 265 by 115% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 265 5220
RX 5600M 17653
+238%

RX 5600M outperforms R7 265 by 238% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD35−40
−143%
85
+143%
1440p24−27
−138%
57
+138%
4K14−16
−121%
31
+121%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.32 22.21
Recency 13 February 2014 7 January 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 60 Watt

The Radeon RX 5600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 265 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 265 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 5600M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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