Radeon RX 560X vs Radeon RX 560

Radeon RX 560X
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Apr 2018
Radeon RX 560X
Radeon RX 560
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 560

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 560X

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 560

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 560XRadeon RX 560
GPU NamePolaris 21 (Polaris 21 XT
(215-0908004))
vsBaffin (Baffin XT)
Fab Process14 nmvs14 nm
Die Size123 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs3,000 million
Shaders1024vs1024
Compute Units16vs16
Core clock1175 MHzvs1090 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs64vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 560XRadeon RX 560
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vs1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 560XRadeon RX 560
TDP75 wattsvs75 watts
Release Date11 Apr 2018vs1 Apr 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 560X
    20.40 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 560
    19.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 560X
    81.60 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 560
    76.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 560X
    112.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 560
    112.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 560X
    2611.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 560
    2457.60 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better