AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R7 A265

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R7 A265 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R7 A265

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 825 MHz
4121.2x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20572 vs 6925
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3168 vs 994

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 9 January 2014
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572 vs 6925
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168 vs 994

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

243.7x better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 468 vs 383

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	468 vs 383

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 A265

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20572

6925

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

468

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3168

994

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R7 A265
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572	6925
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	468
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168	994

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R7 A265
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Baffin	Opal
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	9 January 2014
Place in performance rating	486	484
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	825 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	384
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	19.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support