AMD Radeon RX 560 vs NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 and NVIDIA GRID K260Q 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.

AMD Radeon RX 560

NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 745 MHz
855.7x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 60-80 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3648 vs 2949
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 494 vs 361
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6571 vs 6474
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 1898
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1954
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6571 vs 6474
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 1898
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1954

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3648 vs 2949
PassMark - G2D Mark	494 vs 361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6571 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6571 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 1954

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
880.4x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Pipelines	1536 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K260Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3648

2949

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6571

6474

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3688

1898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1954

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6571

6474

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3688

1898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1954

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560	NVIDIA GRID K260Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	3648	2949
PassMark - G2D Mark	494	361
Geekbench - OpenCL	57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6571	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6571	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	1954
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1806

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560	NVIDIA GRID K260Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Polaris 21	GK104
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	28 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	$937
Place in performance rating	522	545
Price now	$104.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	54.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1536
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	95.36 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)