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AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

The AMD Radeon RX 560 for laptops (RX 560M) is a mid-range Polaris 11 / 21 gaming graphics card for laptops. It was first shown at CES 2017 in the Lenovo Legion Y520 as the "AMD RX 560M" with up to 4 GB GDDR5 VRAM. As the desktop RX 560 it can be based on the Polaris 21 and 11 chip (RX 560 and RX 460) with 986 or 1024 shaders. The performance should be similar to the desktop variants, with slightly reduced clock speeds.

More information on the Polaris architecture and its features can be found here.

ManufacturerAMD
Radeon RX 500 Series
Radeon RX 580 (compare) 2304 @ 1257 - 1340 (Boost) MHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) (compare) 2304 @ 1077 MHz
Radeon RX 570 (Laptop) (compare) 2048 256 Bit @ 7000 MHz
Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) (compare) 1024 @ 1172 - 1275 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) 1024 @ 1090 - 1292 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) (compare) 640 @ 1287 - 1476 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon RX 540 (compare) 512 @ 1219 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
CodenamePolaris 11
ArchitecturePolaris
Pipelines1024 - unified
Core Speed1090 - 1292 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed6000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4096 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 12
Transistor Count3000 Million
technology14 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement05.01.2017

Benchmarks

3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
min: 11994     avg: 13162     median: 13138 (27%)     max: 14354 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
min: 36424     avg: 36501.3     median: 36528 (20%)     max: 36552 Points
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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
min: 4699     avg: 4893     median: 4899 (18%)     max: 5081 Points
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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
min: 5705     avg: 5900.3     median: 5738 (14%)     max: 6258 Points
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
min: 6828     avg: 7116.7     median: 6955 (23%)     max: 7567 points
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
min: 8296     avg: 8323.3     median: 8329 (16%)     max: 8345 points
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Cinebench R15
OpenGL 64Bit +
Ref. Match 64Bit +
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra - Power Consumption *
min: 84     avg: 88.5     median: 88.5 (19%)     max: 93 Watt
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* 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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Doom

Doom

2016
low 1280x720
38.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
60.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
22.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Rise of the Tomb Raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider

2016
low 1024x768
51.8 71.9 ~ 62 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
47.4 51.6 ~ 50 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
30.6 35.1 ~ 33 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.1 27.8 ~ 26 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3

2015
high 1920x1080
35.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.6 fps 20.7 fps ~ 20 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Dragon Age: Inquisition

Dragon Age: Inquisition

2014
high 1920x1080
34.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
23.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
38.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
35.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
34.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
30.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
BioShock Infinite

BioShock Infinite

2013
low 1280x720
88.6 151.4 ~ 120 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
75.3 141 ~ 108 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
70.1 129.6 ~ 100 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
40.1 44.2 ~ 42 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
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