XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan
vs
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan has 896 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.20 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.15 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.47 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.

GPU

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 14 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.
XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan GPU MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU) Based on AMD RX Vega 56
Polaris 21 XL GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
GCN 4 Architecture GCN 5
14 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
896 Shader 3584
16 Render Output Units 64
56 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.800GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type HBM2
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan has a turbo clock of 1.196 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 1.471 GHz.

1.176 GHz Base Clock 1.156 GHz
1.196 GHz Boost Clock 1.471 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

65 W TDP 210 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 37 dB
-- Noise (Load) 49 dB

Connectivity

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

170 mm Length 280 mm
121 mm Height 127 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1090 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan was released in Q2/2017.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

RX-560D2SFG5 Part-no --
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2017
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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)

XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan
2 GB GDDR5
11 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan
2 GB GDDR5
33 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 14CU Single Fan
2 GB GDDR5
41 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)

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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