AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

AMD Radeon Sky 500

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 950 MHz
1073.7x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 76 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 27 March 2013
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 76 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
935.4x better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74902 vs 20572
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 383
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4709 vs 3168

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	74902 vs 20572
PassMark - G2D Mark	572 vs 383
PassMark - G3D Mark	4709 vs 3168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20572

74902

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

572

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3168

4709

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	AMD Radeon Sky 500
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572	74902
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	572
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168	4709
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5116

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	AMD Radeon Sky 500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Baffin	Pitcairn
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	27 March 2013
Place in performance rating	516	518
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	950 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1280
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	76 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		242 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	154 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support