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    Iris Graphics 550 vs Radeon RX 560 mobile

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Iris Graphics 550 and Radeon RX 560 mobile, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Iris Graphics 550 stacks up against Radeon RX 560 mobile, check out specs charts below.
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    Iris Graphics 550 and Radeon RX 560 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Iris Graphics 550 and Radeon RX 560 mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Iris Graphics 550 or Radeon RX 560 mobile here:

    Iris Graphics 550 Laptops
    Radeon RX 560 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      Iris Graphics 550 Radeon RX 560 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 55 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 MXM-B (3.0)
    Memory type eDRAM GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon RX 560 mobile has 266% more power consumption, than Iris Graphics 550.
    • Iris Graphics 550 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x1, and Radeon RX 560 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Iris Graphics 550 has 60 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Iris Graphics 550 is build with Gen. 9 Skylake architecture, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - with Polaris.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 875 MHz higher, than Iris Graphics 550.
    • Iris Graphics 550 and Radeon RX 560 mobile are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 21−24 35−40
    medium / 1080p 10−12 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 560 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Iris Graphics 550.

    Full Specs

      Iris Graphics 550 Radeon RX 560 mobile
    Architecture Gen. 9 Skylake Polaris
    Code name Skylake GT3e Polaris 11
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 September 2015 5 January 2017
    Pipelines 48 1024
    Core clock speed 300 MHz 1175 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1275 MHz
    Transistor count 189 million 3,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 52.80 58.97
    Floating-point performance 2,462 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 2.1 2.0
    Vulkan 1.1.97 1.2.131
    FreeSync +
    Laptop size large
    Quick Sync +
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