Radeon RX 570 vs Radeon RX 560

Radeon RX 570
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 570
Radeon RX 560
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 560

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 570

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 570 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 570

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 570

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 570Radeon RX 560
GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere PRO)vsBaffin (Baffin XT)
Fab Process14 nmvs14 nm
Die Size232 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs3,000 million
Shaders2048vs1024
Compute Units32vs16
Core clock926 MHzvs1090 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs128vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 570Radeon RX 560
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
vs1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 570Radeon RX 560
TDP120 wattsvs75 watts
Release Date1 Apr 2017vs1 Apr 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 570
    38.60 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 560
    19.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 570
    154.40 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 560
    76.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 570
    211.20 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 560
    112.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 570
    4940.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 560
    2457.60 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better