AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 April 2017. At the time of release, the videocard cost $99.99. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Baffin.

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. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
346576
19067
Name Value
Geekbench - OpenCL 19067

Games performance

Far Cry 5 (2018)

Low, 1280x72063.00
Medium, 1920x108035.00
High, 1920x108030.00
Ultra, 1920x108027.00

Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018)

Low, 1280x72053.30
Medium, 1920x108032.50
High, 1920x108028.30
Ultra, 1920x108021.40

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)

Low, 1280x72054.40
Medium, 1920x108026.10
High, 1920x10806.50

Fortnite (2018)

Low, 1280x720151.30
Medium, 1920x108087.40
High, 1920x108063.00
Ultra, 1920x108050.20
4K, 3840x216035.90

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017)

Low, 1280x72070.10
Medium, 1920x108047.00
High, 1920x108043.00
Ultra, 1920x108017.00

Need for Speed Payback (2017)

Low, 1280x72059.00
Medium, 1920x108049.70
High, 1920x108041.40
Ultra, 1920x108036.30

Call of Duty WWII (2017)

Medium, 1920x108056.30
High, 1920x108039.50
Ultra, 1920x108021.80

Assassin's Creed Origins (2017)

Low, 1280x72036.00
Medium, 1920x108023.00
High, 1920x108019.00
Ultra, 1920x10809.00

Destiny 2 (2017)

Low, 1280x720106.50
Medium, 1920x108047.50
High, 1920x108044.10
Ultra, 1920x108036.20

FIFA 18 (2017)

Low, 1280x720154.30
Medium, 1920x1080144.10
High, 1920x1080125.10
Ultra, 1920x1080124.30

F1 2017 (2017)

Low, 1280x720100.00
Medium, 1920x108066.00
High, 1920x108047.00
Ultra, 1920x108024.00

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) (2017)

Low, 1280x720108.20
Medium, 1920x108049.40
High, 1920x108045.40
Ultra, 1920x108012.50

Dirt 4 (2017)

Low, 1280x720176.50
Medium, 1920x108083.60
High, 1920x108049.80
Ultra, 1920x108028.60

Rocket League (2017)

Low, 1280x720196.30
Medium, 1920x108096.80
High, 1920x108069.00

Battlefield 1 (2016)

Low, 1280x72079.00
Medium, 1366x76863.20
High, 1920x108036.70
Ultra, 1920x108029.30

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x720224.20
Medium, 1366x768176.10
High, 1920x108095.40
Ultra, 1920x108047.90

Doom (2016)

Low, 1280x72038.70
Medium, 1366x76860.90
High, 1920x108022.20
Ultra, 1920x108015.40

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x76861.85
Medium, 1366x76849.50
High, 1920x108032.85
Ultra, 1920x108025.95

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76899.50
Medium, 1366x76864.40
High, 1920x108034.65
Ultra, 1920x108020.15

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76883.10
Medium, 1366x76870.00
High, 1920x108037.60
Ultra, 1920x108025.15

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76838.30
Medium, 1366x76835.40
High, 1366x76834.50
Ultra, 1920x108030.60

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720120.00
Medium, 1366x768108.15
High, 1366x76899.85
Ultra, 1920x108042.13

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Baffin
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $99.99
Place in performance rating 1137
Price now $104.99
Type Desktop, Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 50.84

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 No outputs
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt

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
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)