Radeon RX 560X vs RX 480 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated497
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data7.96
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameEllesmerePolaris 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)11 April 2018 (6 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 cores23041024
Core clock speed1000 MHz1175 MHz
Boost clock speed1077 MHz1275 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate155.181.60
Floating-point processing power4.963 TFLOPS2.611 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs14464

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s112.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 11 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

RX 480 Mobile has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 560X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 480 Mobile and Radeon RX 560X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 480 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon RX 560X is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
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