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AMD Radeon RX 560

Graphics Processor
Polaris 21
Cores
1024
TMUs
64
ROPs
16
Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon RX 560 is a mid-range graphics card by AMD, launched on April 18th, 2017. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Polaris 21 graphics processor, in its Polaris 21 XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 560. The Polaris 21 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 123 mm² and 3,000 million transistors. It features 1024 shading units, 64 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 4 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon RX 560, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1175 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1275 MHz, memory is running at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 560 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 75 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX 560 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 interface. The card measures 170 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 99 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Polaris 21
GPU Variant
Polaris 21 XT
(215-0908004)
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Process Size
14 nm
Transistors
3,000 million
Density
24.4M / mm²
Die Size
123 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-769

Graphics Card

Release Date
Apr 18th, 2017
Generation
Polaris
(RX 500)
Predecessor
Arctic Islands
Successor
Vega
Production
Active
Launch Price
99 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
Reviews
7 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
5%
GeForce 9400 GT
6%
Radeon HD 4550
7%
Radeon HD 5450
9%
Radeon HD 6450
11%
GeForce GT 520
12%
GeForce GT 220
14%
GeForce GT 430
19%
Radeon HD 5570
19%
Radeon HD 4670
20%
GeForce GT 440
22%
GeForce GT 240
22%
GeForce 9600 GT
25%
Radeon HD 5670
27%
GeForce GT 640
29%
GeForce 9800 GT
30%
Radeon HD 6670
31%
Radeon HD 4830
32%
Radeon HD 4770
34%
Radeon HD 4850
36%
GeForce GTS 250
37%
GeForce GTS 450
38%
Radeon HD 5750
39%
Radeon HD 7750
45%
Radeon HD 5770
45%
GeForce GTX 260
46%
Radeon HD 4870
47%
Radeon Vega 8
47%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
47%
GeForce GTX 650
48%
Radeon HD 5830
50%
Radeon HD 6790
53%
Radeon HD 4890
54%
GeForce GTX 460
56%
Radeon RX Vega 11
56%
GeForce GT 1030
57%
GeForce GTX 275
57%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
57%
GeForce GTX 280
58%
GeForce GTX 465
59%
Radeon HD 6850
62%
GeForce GTX 285
63%
Radeon HD 5850
67%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
69%
Radeon HD 7790
69%
Radeon RX 550
71%
GeForce GTX 470
72%
Radeon HD 6870
74%
Radeon HD 5870
79%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
82%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
82%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
84%
Radeon HD 6950
84%
GeForce GTX 295
87%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
88%
Radeon HD 7850
89%
GeForce GTX 480
90%
Radeon HD 6970
94%
Radeon R7 265
96%
Radeon RX 460
98%
Radeon R7 370
98%
GeForce GTX 660
98%
GeForce GTX 570
98%
Radeon RX 560
100%
GeForce GTX 950
106%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
107%
Radeon R9 270X
110%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
111%
GeForce GTX 580
112%
GeForce GTX 1050
112%
Radeon HD 7950
113%
GeForce GTX 1630
115%
Radeon HD 5970
115%
GeForce GTX 760
118%
GeForce GTX 670
127%
GeForce GTX 960
131%
Radeon R9 380
134%
Radeon R9 285
135%
Radeon HD 7970
136%
GeForce GTX 680
137%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
141%
GeForce GTX 770
144%
Radeon HD 6990
148%
Radeon R9 280X
151%
GeForce GTX 590
153%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
153%
GeForce GTX 780
170%
Arc A380
170%
Radeon RX 6400
172%
GeForce GTX 1650
176%
Radeon RX 470
187%
Radeon R9 290
190%
Radeon RX 570
200%
Radeon R9 390
202%
Radeon R9 290X
203%
GeForce GTX 970
206%
GeForce GTX TITAN
209%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
212%
Radeon R9 390X
215%
Radeon HD 7990
216%
Radeon RX 480
217%
GeForce GTX 690
218%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
224%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
227%
Radeon RX 580
230%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
232%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
234%
GeForce GTX 980
235%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
237%
Radeon R9 FURY
238%
Radeon RX 590
249%
Radeon R9 295X2
262%
GeForce GTX 1660
263%
Radeon R9 FURY X
266%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
271%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
278%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
286%
GeForce GTX 1070
302%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
302%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
307%
Radeon RX Vega 56
322%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
341%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
346%
Radeon RX Vega 64
351%
GeForce GTX 1080
356%
GeForce RTX 2060
356%
Radeon RX 5700
370%
Arc A580
371%
Radeon RX 6600
387%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
400%
GeForce RTX 2070
405%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
405%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
413%
Arc A750
427%
Radeon VII
429%
TITAN X Pascal
440%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
444%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
453%
Arc A770
458%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
458%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
482%
Radeon RX 7600
487%
GeForce RTX 4060
490%
GeForce RTX 2080
493%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
503%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
517%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
529%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
548%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
582%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
588%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
592%
GeForce RTX 3070
620%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
663%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
670%
Radeon RX 6800
683%
GeForce RTX 4070
757%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
776%
GeForce RTX 3080
805%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
814%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
836%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
878%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
895%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
902%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
903%
GeForce RTX 3090
919%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
942%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
1030%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
1057%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1066%
GeForce RTX 4080
1197%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
1215%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
1227%
GeForce RTX 4090
1504%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1175 MHz
Boost Clock
1275 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
7 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
1024
TMUs
64
ROPs
16
Compute Units
16
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
1024 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
20.40 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
81.60 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
2.611 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)
2.611 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
163.2 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
170 mm
6.7 inches
TDP
75 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
C994

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7

Polaris 21 GPU Notes

Generation: Polaris
Codename: Baffin
Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx803)
Display Core Engine: 11.2
Unified Video Decoder: 6.3
Video Compression Engine: 3.4
System DMA: 3.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.2.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1
64-bit: Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q1.1

Windows 8.1:
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10 / 11:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.3.1 (23.19.12)
64-bit: AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q4

Retail boards based on this design (42)

Name GPU Clock Boost Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 190 mm/7.5 inches
1175 MHz 1326 MHz 1750 MHz 190 mm/7.5 inches
1199 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 221 mm/8.7 inches
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 221 mm/8.7 inches
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 190 mm/7.5 inches
1175 MHz 1326 MHz 1750 MHz 190 mm/7.5 inches
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1313 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 225 mm/8.9 inches
1175 MHz 1313 MHz 1750 MHz 225 mm/8.9 inches
1180 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 225 mm/8.9 inches
1180 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 225 mm/8.9 inches
1175 MHz 1287 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 190 mm/7.5 inches
1175 MHz 1287 MHz 1750 MHz 190 mm/7.5 inches
1175 MHz 1295 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB
1180 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1320 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 147 mm/5.8 inches
1175 MHz 1320 MHz 1750 MHz 155 mm/6.1 inches
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1288 MHz 1750 MHz 225 mm/8.9 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
1180 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 225 mm/8.9 inches
1180 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 225 mm/8.9 inches
1180 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB
1180 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1216 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 210 mm/8.3 inches
1175 MHz 1216 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI
1175 MHz 1300 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 210 mm/8.3 inches
1175 MHz 1300 MHz 1750 MHz 210 mm/8.3 inches
1175 MHz 1295 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1295 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 211 mm/8.3 inches
1175 MHz 1295 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB, 211 mm/8.3 inches
1175 MHz 1295 MHz 1750 MHz 211 mm/8.3 inches
1175 MHz 1295 MHz 1750 MHz 2 GB
1175 MHz 1295 MHz 1750 MHz
1175 MHz 1295 MHz 1750 MHz Single-slot
1175 MHz 1275 MHz 1750 MHz 223 mm/8.8 inches
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