Radeon R5 Mobile Graphics vs GeForce GTX 560

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	544	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.75	no data
Power efficiency	3.29	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GF114	Spectre SL
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	17 May 2011 (13 years ago)	17 September 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	336	256
Core clock speed	810 MHz	626 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	847 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	17 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	45.36	10.02
Floating-point processing power	1.089 TFLOPS	0.3205 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	56	16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5 (6.0)
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.170
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 May 2011	17 September 2014
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	17 Watt

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