GRID K520 vs Radeon RX 560 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K520 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 GRID K520 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.

Radeon RX 560 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 560 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon RX 560 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GRID K520 Radeon RX 560 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 55 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GRID K520 has 309% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.
  • GRID K520 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 560 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GRID K520 and Radeon RX 560 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GRID K520 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - in Laptops.
  • GRID K520 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 430 MHz higher, than GRID K520.
  • GRID K520 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 1000 MHz higher, than GRID K520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 18−20
ultra / 1080p 9−10 10−11
QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 35−40
medium / 1080p 20−22 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 560 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 14% more, than GRID K520.

Full Specs

  GRID K520 Radeon RX 560 mobile
Architecture Kepler Polaris
Code name GK104 Polaris 11
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 July 2013 5 January 2017
Pipelines 1536 1024
Core clock speed 745 MHz 1175 MHz
Boost Clock 1275 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 58.97
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops 2,462 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 76 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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