AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) 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, 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).

 

Differences

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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 926 MHz
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 1206 MHz
  • 593.5x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 4 August 2016
Core clock speed 1175 MHz vs 926 MHz
Boost clock speed 1275 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 6600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

  • 2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
  • Around 88% better floating-point performance: 4.9 TFLOPs vs 2.6 TFLOPs
  • 2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3675 vs 1826
  • Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33853 vs 20572
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2048 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 4.9 TFLOPs vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3675 vs 1826
Geekbench - OpenCL 33853 vs 20572

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1826
3675
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20572
33853
Name AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1826 3675
Geekbench - OpenCL 20572 33853
PassMark - G2D Mark 409
PassMark - G3D Mark 3301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1674

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Baffin Ellesmere
Design Radeon RX 500X Series Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 4 August 2016
Place in performance rating 489 491
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $549.99
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 91.95

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1275 MHz 1206 MHz
Compute units 14/16 32
Core clock speed 1175 MHz 926 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs 4.9 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 1024 2048
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024 2048
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s 137.5 GTexel / s
Texture Units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 5,700 million
GPU Power 85-110 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size large
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 211 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 6600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
HDMI 2.0b
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore