AMD Radeon RX 560 vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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 GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 589 MHz
34635x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
128x more pipelines: 1024 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 800 MHz
29x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3648 vs 126
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 493 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3648 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	493 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

8.6x better floating-point performance: 22.432 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Floating-point performance	22.432 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3648

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

493

309

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3648	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	493	309
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1806

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Polaris 21	GT218
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	26 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	522	519
Price now	$104.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
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	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	8
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	2.356 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
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)