AMD Radeon RX 560X vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X and AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 926 MHz
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 1206 MHz
  • 528.5x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 154.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4873 vs 2443
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4873 vs 2443
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1674
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1674
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 4 August 2016
Core clock speed 1175 MHz vs 926 MHz
Boost clock speed 1275 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s vs 154.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4873 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4873 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 1674

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

  • 2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
  • Around 88% better floating-point performance: 4.9 TFLOPs vs 2.6 TFLOPs
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 5698
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 5698
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 669
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7975 vs 3553
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33752 vs 16524
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2048 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 4.9 TFLOPs vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9983 vs 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9983 vs 5698
PassMark - G2D Mark 724 vs 669
PassMark - G3D Mark 7975 vs 3553
Geekbench - OpenCL 33752 vs 16524

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5698
9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5698
9983
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
669
724
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3553
7975
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
16524
33752
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4873
2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4873
2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1674
Name AMD Radeon RX 560X AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5698 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5698 9983
PassMark - G2D Mark 669 724
PassMark - G3D Mark 3553 7975
Geekbench - OpenCL 16524 33752
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4873 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4873 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 1674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 511.362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 839

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 560X AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Polaris 21 Ellesmere
Design Radeon RX 500X Series Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 4 August 2016
Place in performance rating 398 395
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 100.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1275 MHz 1206 MHz
Compute units 14/16 32
Core clock speed 1175 MHz 926 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs 4.9 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 1024 2048
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024 2048
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s 154.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 5,700 million
GPU Power 85-110 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 211 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 6600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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