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MagyarAMD Radeon Pro 560X vs AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon Pro 460
AMD Radeon Pro 560X
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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.
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
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The AMD Radeon RX 480 (formerly known as R9 M480 or RX 480M) is a mobile high end graphics cards. It is based on the new Polaris architecture (Polaris 10 chip) and manufactured in 14nm FinFET. It should be based on the same chip as the desktop RX 480 (see for benchmarks and specs) but maybe offer lower clock speeds. The card was never used in a laptop (up to now) and succeeded by the slightly improved Radeon RX 580.
AMD Radeon Pro 460
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Radeon Pro 460 is mobile graphics card for laptops that can be ordered as an option for the Apple MacBook Pro 15 Late 2016. It is based on the small Polaris 11 chip which is manufactured in 14 nm FinFET at Globalfoundries. Compared to the similar Radeon RX 460 (see for benchmarks), the Pro 460 offers all 1024 shaders of the Polaris 11 chip but most likely at a reduced clock speed. AMD states a peak performance of 1.86 TFLOPS, compared to the 2.2 of the RX 460 (desktop). Apple presented the Pro 460 as 130 % faster than the previous Radeon R9 M370X in the 2015 MacBook Pro 15 regarding graphics performance.
The performance should be therefore a bit slower than the Radeon RX 460, which is similar to the GTX 965M. It is the only card in the MacBook Pro 15 line-up that features more than 2 GB VRAM (Radeon Pro 450 and 455). Furthermore, Apple and AMD don't provide driver updates for Windows using Bootcamp. The only option is to use modified drivers from BootcampDrivers.com.
The features of the Radeon Pro 460 are identical to the faster RX 460 and all other Polaris chips. See more details on the Polaris architecture here. Therefore, the Pro 460 should support DisplayPort 1.2 (although Polaris supports up to 1.4 ready) and HDMI 2.0 (via USB-C adapter) as well as H.265 video de- and encoding (support in macOS questionable).
The power consumption of the Pro 460 is rated at a TDP of 35 Watt (according to the AMD blog post).
| AMD Radeon Pro 560X | AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon Pro 460 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Polaris 21 | Polaris | Polaris 11 / Baffin XT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Polaris | Polaris | Polaris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 1024 - unified | 2304 - unified | 1024 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 907 MHz | 900 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 5080 MHz | 5000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit | 128 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan | DirectX 12 | DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 35 Watt | 35 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 3 Billion | 3 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 14 nm | 14 nm | 14 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | large | large | large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 05.06.2017 | 01.08.2016 | 08.08.2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Link to Manufacturer Page | creators.radeon.com |
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
