AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R5 M315

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R5 M315 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R5 M315

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 970 MHz
3505.2x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 23.28 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
5.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19191 vs 3573

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 23.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	19191 vs 3573

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

286.5x better floating-point performance: 745.0 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M315

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19191

3573

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R5 M315
Geekbench - OpenCL	19191	3573
PassMark - G3D Mark		474
PassMark - G2D Mark		152
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2761

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R5 M315
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Baffin	Meso
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1133	1135
Price now	$104.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	50.84
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16	5
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz	970 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	745.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	320
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	23.28 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
DualGraphics
HD3D
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore