Radeon R7 M265DX vs RX 560 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 560 Mobile and Radeon R7 M265DX, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 560 Mobile
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
11.29
+775%

RX 560 Mobile outperforms R7 M265DX by a whopping 775% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4161031
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.67no data
Power efficiency14.31no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameBaffinTopaz
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2017 (7 years ago)12 October 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99.99 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 cores896384
Core clock speed1175 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speed1275 MHz940 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattno data
Texture fill rate58.9722.56
Floating-point processing power1.887 TFLOPS0.7219 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs5624

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)IGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

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.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

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 HD43
+975%
4−5
−975%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.33no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Far Cry 5 33
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+838%
8−9
−838%
Hitman 3 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+900%
6−7
−900%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+857%
7−8
−857%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Far Cry 5 28
+833%
3−4
−833%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+838%
8−9
−838%
Hitman 3 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+900%
6−7
−900%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+857%
7−8
−857%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Far Cry 5 21
+950%
2−3
−950%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+838%
8−9
−838%
Hitman 3 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+900%
6−7
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+900%
2−3
−900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+857%
7−8
−857%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 0−1
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+783%
6−7
−783%
Hitman 3 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+788%
8−9
−788%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+920%
5−6
−920%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%

This is how RX 560 Mobile and R7 M265DX compete in popular games:

  • RX 560 Mobile is 975% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.29 1.29
Recency 5 January 2017 12 October 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

RX 560 Mobile has a 775.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 560 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M265DX in performance tests.


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