AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 902 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 936 MHz
2179.5x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 37.44 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
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 PassMark - G3D Mark: 3168 vs 1050

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 17 March 2014
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 902 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 936 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 37.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 640
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
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168 vs 1050

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

460.8x better floating-point performance: 1,198 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 551 vs 383

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,198 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	551 vs 383

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

551

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3168

1050

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	551
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168	1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Baffin	GM107
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	17 March 2014
Place in performance rating	516	513
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	936 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	902 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	1,198 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	640
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	37.44 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 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	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