Radeon RX 560 XT vs R9 295X2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking246not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.38no data
Power efficiency3.09no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameVesuviusEllesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)13 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores28161792
Core clock speedno data973 MHz
Boost clock speed1018 MHz1073 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate179.2120.2
Floating-point processing power5.733 TFLOPS3.846 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs176112

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length307 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2 x 8-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth640 GB/s211.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_0)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan+1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 April 2014 13 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 150 Watt

R9 295X2 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 560 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 295X2 and Radeon RX 560 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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