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    Radeon RX 560 mobile vs Radeon Sky 500

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon RX 560 mobile and Radeon Sky 500, 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 Radeon RX 560 mobile stacks up against Radeon Sky 500, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Radeon RX 560 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon RX 560 mobile Radeon Sky 500
    Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 150 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon Sky 500 has 172% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.
    • Radeon RX 560 mobile is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon RX 560 mobile and Radeon Sky 500 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Radeon RX 560 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon Sky 500 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon RX 560 mobile is build with Polaris architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 225 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.
    • Radeon RX 560 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 1200 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
    4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
    low / 720p 35−40 60−65
    medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon RX 560 mobile.

    Full Specs

      Radeon RX 560 mobile Radeon Sky 500
    Architecture Polaris GCN 1.0
    Code name Polaris 11 Pitcairn
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 5 January 2017 27 March 2013
    Pipelines 1024 1280
    Core clock speed 1175 MHz 950 MHz
    Boost Clock 1275 MHz
    Transistor count 3,000 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 58.97 76.00
    Floating-point performance 2,462 gflops 2,432 gflops
    Length 242 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 154 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Laptop size large
    Form factor full height / full length
    DisplayPort count 1
    Dual-link DVI support +
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