AMD Radeon RX 560 2GB GDDR5
Its four native HDMI ports and 50W bus-powered design make it a standout for multi-display productivity without needing a PSU upgrade. The Polaris 12 GPU provides stable 1080p output for light esports titles like League of Legends while maintaining a compact 180mm length. This card is best for stock traders and office users who need to drive four monitors reliably from a single, low-power PCIe slot.
GPU Radeon RX 560
VRAM 2GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1176 MHz
TDP 50 W
Memory Bus 128 bit
Class consumer
21 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (90th percentile) 90th
Cons
- Below average ai (6th percentile)
- Below average vram (7th percentile)
- Below average feature (11th percentile)
- Below average rt (12th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 560 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | Polaris 12 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 14 |
Memory
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
Compute
| Base Clock | 1176 |
| Boost Clock | 1176 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 3684 |
| GPU Compute | 1418 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 50 |
| Recommended PSU | 300 |
| Power Connectors | None |
| Cooler | Single Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express X16 3.0 |
| DisplayPort | 0 |
| HDMI | 4 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
Physical
| Length | 180 |
| Slot Width | 2.9 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.4 kg / 0.9 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 560 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 560 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1176 | 2407 | 2805 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 575 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Radeon RX 560 | 6.1 | 12.3 | 7.1 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 26.4 | 27.1 | 38.4 | 40.7 | 89.9 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.1 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 24.6 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare | 85.2 | 95.2 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 88.8 | 16 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 88.8 | 21.1 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.2 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.2 | 91.7 | 83.9 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 52.7 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 17.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall20.6
- AI/LLM7.6
- Budget60.5
- Gaming 4k10
- Ray Tracing11.8
- Workstation19.1
- Gaming 1080p17.9
- Gaming 1440p13.9
- Content Creation18.1
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