QTHREE Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
The 4GB GDDR5 Polaris chip with 896 stream processors and a 1176MHz boost clock provides a slot-powered, 80W solution that requires no external power connector. Its independent cooling fan and all-solid-state capacitors ensure quiet, low-power operation with straightforward plug-and-play installation via PCI Express 3.0. This card is best for users upgrading an office PC or older system for 1080p light gaming and multi-monitor productivity on a strict budget.
GPU Radeon RX 560
VRAM 4GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1176 MHz
TDP 80 W
Memory Bus 128 bit
Class consumer
14 Overall Score
Price £196
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (89th percentile) 89th
Cons
- Below average compute (7th percentile)
- Below average social proof (8th 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 |
| Class | consumer |
Memory
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 896 |
| Base Clock | 1176 |
| Boost Clock | 1176 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 3684 |
| GPU Compute | 1418 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 80 |
| Power Connectors | None |
| Cooler | Single Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x8 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 4K |
Features
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | QTHREE Radeon RX 560 | ZOTAC Twin Edge RTX 5070 OC | ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4070-O12G | XFX Gaming RX-79GMERCB9 | MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC | Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-R78XTGAMING OC-16GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 560 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 4070 | Radeon RX 7900 GRE | GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Vram | 4GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1176 | 2542 | 2505 | 2395 | 2610 | 2565 |
| Tdp W | 80 | 250 | 200 | 245 | 285 | 263 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 192 | 192 | 256 | 192 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTHREE Radeon RX 560 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 6.7 | 11.2 | 26.4 | 15.9 | 21.3 | 8 | 89.4 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge RTX 5070 OC Compare | 62.1 | 76.7 | 65.4 | 79.8 | 72.4 | 89.6 | 55.9 | 79.3 | 94.1 | 66.2 | 39.7 |
| ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4070-O12G Compare | 58.3 | 70.2 | 59.3 | 73.5 | 65 | 96.2 | 55.9 | 89.7 | 70.1 | 88.8 | 49.5 |
| XFX Gaming RX-79GMERCB9 Compare | 88.4 | 89.3 | 71.9 | 77.7 | 90.3 | 72.1 | 72.4 | 77.5 | 70.1 | 88.8 | 38.8 |
| MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC Compare | 58.3 | 85.5 | 59.3 | 84.9 | 74.6 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 75.8 | 70.1 | 56.8 | 50.5 |
| Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-R78XTGAMING OC-16GD Compare | 83 | 71.3 | 72.7 | 64.3 | 81.6 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 53.3 | 85.9 | 88.8 | 50 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall14
- AI/LLM5.4
- Budget58.4
- Gaming 4k8.3
- Ray Tracing9.4
- Workstation10.3
- Gaming 1080p13.6
- Gaming 1440p11.1
- Content Creation8.7
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