What is a Radeon 560 equivalent to?

Price now 378$

Games supported 71%

Price now 212$

Games supported 83%

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	357	237
Place by popularity	48	1
Value for money	4.90	17.85
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	N17P-G1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 April 2017 (5 years ago)	25 October 2016 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	$139
Current price	$378 (3.8x MSRP)	$212 (1.5x MSRP)

Value for money

To get the index we compare the characteristics of video cards and their relative prices.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	768
CUDA cores	no data	768
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1392 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	97 °C
Texture fill rate	81.60	66.82
Floating-point performance	2,611 gflops	2,138 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	145 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	7 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	112 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready	no data	+
Ansel	no data	+

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Passmark
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
GeekBench 5 Vulkan

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 26%

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon RX 560 and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)	no data	326 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred)	no data	1.01 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)	no data	12.62 Mh/s
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)	no data	0.3 kh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)	no data	156.48 Sol/s

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	35	51
1440p	no data	31
4K	no data	25

Popular games

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance rating	12.18	21.31
Novelty	18 April 2017	25 October 2016
Cost	$99	$139
Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	768
Chip lithography	14 nm	16 nm

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

since it shows better performance.

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Competitors of Radeon RX 560 by NVIDIA

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 560 from NVIDIA is T400 4 GB, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.

Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX 560:

Competitors of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti by AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1050 Ti from AMD is Radeon R9 380, which is slower by 1% and lower by 1 position in our rating.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 1050 Ti:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 100

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User rating

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Is AMD Radeon 560 good for gaming?

The Radeon RX 560 will run 91% of the top 10,000 PC games. It will also run 65% of these games at the recommended or best experience levels.

Is a 560 graphics card good?

If you are running an older graphics card such as the Radeon 300/200 or GTX 900 series, the RX 560 provides an excellent upgrade path and FreeSync gaming displays are much cheaper than Nvidia's G-Sync displays. The RX 560 delivers great 1080p gaming performance which easily surpasses the GTX 1050.

Is the RX 560 better than GTX 760?

Radeon RX 560 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 760. Both cards are used in Desktops. GeForce GTX 760 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon RX 560 - with GCN 4.0. Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560 is 195 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 760.

Which is better RX 560 or 1050 TI?

The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in Battlefield 5 is 92% more, than Radeon RX 560. GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Radeon RX 560 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone. The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 30% more, than Radeon RX 560.