GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q vs Radeon RX 560 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 560 mobile. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 560 mobile. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q and Radeon RX 560 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q 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 GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q or Radeon RX 560 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Radeon RX 560 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 55 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q has 172% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 560 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 74 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q.
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q is 4000 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 18−20
ultra / 1080p 35−40 10−11
QHD / 1440p 27−30 4−5
4K / 2160p 16−18 4−5
low / 720p 80−85 35−40
medium / 1080p 60−65 21−24
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 187% more, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1080 Max Q Radeon RX 560 mobile
Architecture Pascal Polaris
Code name N17E-G3 Max-Q Polaris 11
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 30 May 2017 5 January 2017
Pipelines 2560 1024
Core clock speed 1101 - 1290 MHz 1175 MHz
Boost Clock 1278 - 1468 MHz 1275 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 234.9 58.97
Floating-point performance 7,516 gflops 2,462 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 10000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320.3 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
FreeSync +
Laptop size large large
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