AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce 720A 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)

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 938 MHz
5436.4x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 96
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
3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 392 vs 304
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3332 vs 614

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 July 2014
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 938 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	392 vs 304
PassMark - G3D Mark	3332 vs 614

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

138.5x better floating-point performance: 360.2 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 65 Watt

Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

392

304

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

614

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572
PassMark - G2D Mark	392	304
PassMark - G3D Mark	3332	614

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Baffin	GF117
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	503	506
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	96
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	15.01 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	2000 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