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
Price $110
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 | MSI SHADOW RTX 5060 8G SHADOW 2X OC | Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD (rev. 2.0) | ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-V2 | ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO | ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-B50500H-10M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 560 | GeForce RTX 5060 | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 4060 | Radeon RX 7600 | GeForce RTX 5050 |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR7 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1176 | 2527 | 1815 | 2535 | 2695 | 2602 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 145 | 220 | 115 | 165 | 130 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 128 | 256 | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| 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 |
| MSI SHADOW RTX 5060 8G SHADOW 2X OC Compare | 40.2 | 58.7 | 47.7 | 51.2 | 72.1 | 55.9 | 95.1 | 94 | 95.5 | 65.5 |
| Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD (rev. 2.0) Compare | 37.2 | 67.8 | 38.9 | 56.9 | 78.7 | 91.5 | 62.3 | 52 | 95.5 | 43.1 |
| ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-V2 Compare | 32.6 | 45.1 | 32.7 | 43.6 | 89.6 | 55.9 | 97.4 | 70.1 | 88.8 | 72.4 |
| ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO Compare | 46.4 | 39.9 | 35 | 36.6 | 58.3 | 55.9 | 60.8 | 70.1 | 88.8 | 76.6 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-B50500H-10M Compare | 29.9 | 42.8 | 35.9 | 39 | 89.6 | 43.3 | 88 | 94 | 43.4 | 77.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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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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