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AMD Radeon Pro 560X

AMD Radeon Pro 560X

The AMD Radeon Pro 560X is a mobile graphics card based on the small Polaris 21 chip from AMD. It is an option for the 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro 2018 and is very similar to the Radeon Pro 460. Compared to the Radeon Pro 560 from the 2017 MBP15, the 560X is slightly higher clocked. The Radeon Pro 555X from the entry level model offers less cores.

The mobile Radeon Pro 560X should support all features of the desktop RX 460/560 like DisplayPort 1.2 (Polaris actually supports up to 1.4), HDMI 2.0 (via USB-C adapter), new H.265 video de- and encoder as well as architectural improvements. More information about the Polaris architecture is available in our dedicated review.

The Polaris 21 chip is manufactured in a slightly improved 14nm FinFET process according to AMD. The power consumption of the Radeon Pro 460 is 35 Watts according to AMD, so this should also be the case for the Pro 560X.

CodenamePolaris 21
ArchitecturePolaris
Pipelines1024 - unified
Core Speed907 MHz
Memory Speed5080 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan
Power Consumption35 Watt
Transistor Count3 Billion
technology14 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement05.06.2017

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
1775 Points (9%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
1614 Points (7%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
255217 Points (30%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
18251 Points (20%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
32449 Points (13%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
4961 Points (12%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
5699 Points (9%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
7910 Points (16%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
7590 Points (11%)
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
98.4 fps (25%)
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
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Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 177.5     avg: 179.8     median: 179.8 (15%)     max: 182 fps
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Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
min: 17.14     avg: 17.3     median: 17.3 (4%)     max: 17.5 fps
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
1004 MHz (50%)
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Doom Eternal

Doom Eternal

2020
low 1280x720
90.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
46.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
29.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25.9  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
18.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Hunt Showdown

Hunt Showdown

2020
low 1280x720
71  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
23.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov

2020
low 1280x720
87.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
37.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
33.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
16.3  fps    + Compare
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Hearthstone

Hearthstone

2020
4K 3840x2160
58.3  fps    + Compare
Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

2019
low 1280x720
0 (!) 61 ~ 31 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
30.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
19  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
0 (!)  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

2019
med. 1920x1080
35.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
28.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.7  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
15.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Need for Speed Heat

Need for Speed Heat

2019
low 1280x720
62  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
33.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
29.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
23.4  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
15.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019

2019
low 1280x720
61  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
39  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
30.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
22.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
GRID 2019

GRID 2019

2019
low 1280x720
94  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
43.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
33.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
20.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Ghost Recon Breakpoint

2019
low 1280x720
51  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
29  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
25  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
18  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
FIFA 20

FIFA 20

2019
ultra 1920x1080
99  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
77  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
45.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

2019
low 1280x720
78  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
33.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.8  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
10.8  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
3.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Control

Control

2019
low 1280x720
56.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
21.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
15.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
F1 2019

F1 2019

2019
low 1280x720
120  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
55.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
50.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
30.8  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
22.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
League of Legends

League of Legends

2019
low 1280x720
209  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
202  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
179  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
174  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
152  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Total War: Three Kingdoms

Total War: Three Kingdoms

2019
low 1280x720
105  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
30.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
19.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Rage 2

Rage 2

2019
low 1280x720
65.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
18.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Anno 1800

Anno 1800

2019
low 1280x720
92  fps    + Compare