AMD Radeon RX 560 videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 560

Radeon RX 560 videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 April 2017. At the time of release, the videocard cost $99. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Polaris 21.

Core clock speed - 1090-1175 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1200-1275 MHz. Texture fill rate - 81.60 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 1024. Floating-point performance - 2.6 TFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 3,000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 60-80 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 7000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 112 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38572
3649
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
488
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
56.810 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
775.281 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
4.602 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
64.428 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
257.062 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
6571 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3688 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3352 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
6571.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3688.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3352.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1774
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3649
PassMark - G2D Mark 488
Geekbench - OpenCL 57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 56.810 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 775.281 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.602 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 64.428 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 257.062 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6571 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3688 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3352 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 6571.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3688.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3352.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1774

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris 21
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 529
Price now $104.99
Type Desktop, Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 54.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200-1275 MHz
Compute units 14/16
Core clock speed 1090-1175 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 1024
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60-80 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)