AMD Radeon RX 560X videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 560X

Radeon RX 560X videocard released by AMD; release date: 3 April 2018. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Polaris 21.

Core clock speed - 1175 MHz. Boost clock speed - 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) - 75 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

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
5698 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
5698.000 Fps
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
669
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
3553
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
16467
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
4873 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
4873.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3357.000 Fps
Name Value
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5698 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 5698.000 Fps
PassMark - G2D Mark 669
PassMark - G3D Mark 3553
Geekbench - OpenCL 16467
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 4873 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 4873.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris 21
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018
Place in performance rating 390
Type Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1275 MHz
Compute units 14/16
Core clock speed 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) 75 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

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12
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 Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support