Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge vs Radeon RX 560X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon RX 560X. 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 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon RX 560X. 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 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:

Main Specs

  Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon RX 560X
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 560X has 525% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 560X - in Desktops.
  • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is build with GCN 1.2/2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 560X - with GCN 4.0.
  • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560X - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 18−20
ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 35−40
medium / 1080p 5−6 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 560X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon RX 560X
Architecture GCN 1.2/2.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Bristol Ridge Polaris 21
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 June 2016 11 April 2018
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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