GeForce GTX 560M vs Radeon RX 480 Mobile
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 811 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 3.14 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Ellesmere | GF116 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 August 2016 (9 years ago) | 30 May 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $450 | no data |
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 | 2304 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1077 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 155.1 | 24.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.963 TFLOPS | 0.5952 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 24 |
| TMUs | 144 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 384 KB |
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 |
| Bus support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| SLI options | - | 2-way |
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 | 1536 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | Up to 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | Up to 60 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Blu-Ray | - | + |
| 3D Gaming | - | + |
| Optimus | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 API |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 August 2016 | 30 May 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 1536 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 75 Watt |
RX 480 Mobile has an age advantage of 5 years, a 433% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 186% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 560M, on the other hand, has 33% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 480 Mobile and GeForce GTX 560M. We've got no test results to judge.
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