GeForce GTX 560M SLI vs Radeon RX 470 Mobile

Place in the ranking	299	570
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.69	no data
Power efficiency	14.90	4.52
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	N12E-GS
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 August 2016 (8 years ago)	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	384
Core clock speed	926 MHz	775 MHz
Boost clock speed	1074 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	137.5	no data
Floating-point processing power	4.399 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	128	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	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	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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

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Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33
+200%

10−11

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +163%	16−18 −163%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +300%	8−9 −300%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +244%	18−20 −244%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +192%	12−14 −192%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +200%	10−11 −200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +214%	14−16 −214%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +183%	18−20 −183%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +181%	40−45 −181%
Hitman 3	35−40 +185%	12−14 −185%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +142%	35−40 −142%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +282%	16−18 −282%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +200%	16−18 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +182%	21−24 −182%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +74.5%	50−55 −74.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +163%	16−18 −163%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +300%	8−9 −300%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +244%	18−20 −244%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +192%	12−14 −192%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +200%	10−11 −200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +214%	14−16 −214%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +183%	18−20 −183%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +181%	40−45 −181%
Hitman 3	35−40 +185%	12−14 −185%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +142%	35−40 −142%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +282%	16−18 −282%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +200%	16−18 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +182%	21−24 −182%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +115%	20−22 −115%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +74.5%	50−55 −74.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +163%	16−18 −163%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +300%	8−9 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +192%	12−14 −192%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +200%	10−11 −200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +214%	14−16 −214%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +181%	40−45 −181%
Hitman 3	35−40 +185%	12−14 −185%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +142%	35−40 −142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +182%	21−24 −182%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +115%	20−22 −115%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +74.5%	50−55 −74.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
+200%

16−18

−200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +200%	12−14 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +190%	10−11 −190%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +217%	6−7 −217%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +750%	2−3 −750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +214%	7−8 −214%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +420%	20−22 −420%
Hitman 3	21−24 +120%	10−11 −120%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +171%	14−16 −171%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +483%	6−7 −483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +1167%	3−4 −1167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +320%	5−6 −320%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +176%	40−45 −176%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+182%

10−12

−182%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +280%	5−6 −280%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Hitman 3	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +471%	16−18 −471%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +333%	6−7 −333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18
+143%

7−8

−143%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 470 Mobile is 2000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 470 Mobile surpassed GTX 560M SLI in all 71 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.17	6.48
Recency	4 August 2016	6 January 2011
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	100 Watt

RX 470 Mobile has a 180.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 17.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 470 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 560M SLI in performance tests.

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