SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W)
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KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) has the Polaris 21 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) GPU KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition
AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Polaris 21 XT GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
1024 Shader 1664
16 Render Output Units 56
64 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.090 GHz Base Clock 1.231 GHz
1.300 GHz Boost Clock 1.384 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 45 W.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.

45 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 2 x 80 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W).

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition is 4096x2160 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

210 mm Length 308 mm
112 mm Height 129 mm
36 mm Width 49 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 16CU (45W) has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Hall Of Fame 8Pack Edition came on the market in Q1/2016 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

11267-13 Part-no --
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2016
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 349 $
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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