XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 106 GB/s.

GPU

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan has the Polaris 21 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X is based on the graphics chip GM206-250-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X
AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Polaris 21 XT GPU Chip GM206-250-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 6
1024 Shader 768
16 Render Output Units 32
64 Texture Units 48
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X is 6.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.653 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.653 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 106 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.175 GHz Base Clock 1.076 GHz
1.295 GHz Boost Clock 1.253 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.23 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 75 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 90 W.

75 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X 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 1x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X 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 XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

170 mm Length 195 mm
121 mm Height 121 mm
40 mm Width 36 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 WINDFORCE 2X came on the market in Q2/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

RX-560P2SFG5 Part-no GV-N950WF2CN-2GD
Q2/2017 Release date Q2/2015
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 159 $
14 nm Structure size 28 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)

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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