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    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge vs Radeon RX 560

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon RX 560, 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 R5 Bristol Ridge stacks up against Radeon RX 560, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:

    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon RX 560
    Power consumption (TDP) 12-45 Watt 75 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon RX 560 has 525% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 560 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is build with GCN 1.2/2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 560 - with GCN 4.0.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560 - by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 14−16 35−40
    medium / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 560 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon RX 560
    Architecture GCN 1.2/2.0 GCN 4.0
    Code name Bristol Ridge Polaris 21
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 June 2016 18 April 2017
    Pipelines 384 1024
    Core clock speed 1175 MHz
    Boost Clock 800 MHz 1275 MHz
    Transistor count 3100 Million 3,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 81.60
    Floating-point performance 2,611 gflops
    Length 170 mm
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s
    Shared memory +
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 12_0) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size medium sized
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