AMD Radeon Pro 560X vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 560X and AMD Radeon HD 8970M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 560X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1004 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5367 vs 2521
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 2595
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5367 vs 2521
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 2595
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 July 2018 vs 14 May 2013
Core clock speed 1004 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5367 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5367 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 2595

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3876 vs 3678
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 711
  • Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18661 vs 17520
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 57.232 vs 48.494
  • Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1223.742 vs 679.583
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.78 vs 3.96
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.306 vs 62.405
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.643 vs 247.728
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 2495
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 2495
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1280 vs 1024
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3876 vs 3678
PassMark - G2D Mark 807 vs 711
Geekbench - OpenCL 18661 vs 17520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 57.232 vs 48.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1223.742 vs 679.583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.78 vs 3.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.306 vs 62.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 268.643 vs 247.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 2495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 2495

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 560X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3678
3876
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
711
807
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17520
18661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
48.494
57.232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
679.583
1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.96
5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
62.405
89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
247.728
268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5367
2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2495
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5367
2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2495
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
2595
Name AMD Radeon Pro 560X AMD Radeon HD 8970M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3678 3876
PassMark - G2D Mark 711 807
Geekbench - OpenCL 17520 18661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 48.494 57.232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 679.583 1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.96 5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 62.405 89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 247.728 268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5367 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2495 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5367 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2495 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 2595
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 560X AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 21 Neptune
Launch date 16 July 2018 14 May 2013
Place in performance rating 541 549
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 1004 MHz 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 2,800 million
Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Compute units 20
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
Texture fill rate 72 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
PowerTune
ZeroCore