AMD Radeon RX 560X vs AMD Radeon RX 7600S Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a decisive victory for the AMD Radeon RX 7600S in every directly comparable benchmark. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 7600S scores 68,012 against the RX 560X's 17,020, a delta of 75% in favor of the newer part. That is not a marginal improvement; it is a generational leap that places the two products in entirely different performance strata.

The Vulkan results tell the same story. The RX 7600S posts 73,868 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the RX 560X manages 20,231. The delta here is 72.6%, again favoring the RX 7600S. For context, the RX 560X's average benchmark score of 18,626 puts it within 0.3% of the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT and 0.9% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, meaning it trades blows with those desktop-class cards from its own era. The RX 7600S, meanwhile, sits at an average of 16,696, which is 0.6% behind the NVIDIA T400 4 GB and 1.1% ahead of the standard NVIDIA T400.

The interesting wrinkle is that the RX 7600S has a lower average benchmark score (16,696) than the RX 560X (18,626), yet it wins the head-to-head tests by enormous margins. That divergence reflects the different benchmark suites recorded for each card. The RX 7600S was tested across a broader set of workloads, including PassMark DirectX 9, 10, 11, and 12 tests, plus G2D, G3D, and GPU compute. The RX 560X has only two recorded tests, both of which are compute-oriented. When isolating the shared tests, the RX 7600S is not just faster; it is roughly four times faster in OpenCL and over three and a half times faster in Vulkan.

The win count is unambiguous: the RX 7600S takes both head-to-head tests, leaving the RX 560X with zero wins in direct comparison. The percentile rankings are close, however. The RX 560X sits at the 62nd percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the RX 7600S sits at the 60th. That near-parity in percentile, despite the massive delta in raw compute scores, suggests the RX 7600S's additional benchmark entries drag down its average relative to its peak capability.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600S scores 68,012 versus the RX 560X's 17,020, making it 75% faster in that workload.

Q: How large is the Vulkan performance gap?

A: The RX 7600S records 73,868 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the RX 560X records 20,231. The RX 7600S leads by 72.6%.

Q: Does the RX 560X beat the RX 7600S in any recorded benchmark?

A: No. In the two shared head-to-head tests, the RX 7600S wins both. The RX 560X has zero wins in direct comparison.

Q: How does the RX 560X compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RX 560X averages 18,626, which is 0.3% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT, 0.5% ahead of the AMD FirePro D500, 0.9% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, and 1.3% behind the NVIDIA Tesla K80.

Q: What is the RX 7600S's standing among its closest competitors?

A: The RX 7600S averages 16,696, placing it 0.6% behind the NVIDIA T400 4 GB, 1.1% ahead of the NVIDIA T400, 1.2% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D V2, and 1.4% behind the NVIDIA Tesla M4.

Q: Which card has more RT cores?

A: The RX 7600S has 28 ray tracing cores. The RX 560X has no ray tracing cores listed in the database.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two GPUs is vast, and it explains the benchmark results better than any single specification. The RX 560X is built on GCN 4.0, using the Polaris 21 chip, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. The RX 7600S uses RDNA 3.0, built on the Navi 33 chip, fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC. That process shrink alone accounts for a substantial portion of the performance per watt difference, though both cards share the same 75 W TDP.

The transistor counts tell a striking story. The RX 560X packs 3,000 million transistors on a 123 mm² die, yielding a density of 24.4 million transistors per square millimeter. The RX 7600S integrates 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, reaching 65.2 million per square millimeter. In absolute terms, the RX 7600S has over four times the transistor count of the RX 560X, and nearly three times the density. That is what a six-year architectural leap looks like on paper.

The compute resources differ just as dramatically. The RX 560X has 1,024 shading units, 64 texture mapping units, and 16 raster output pipelines. The RX 7600S has 1,792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The ROP count quadruples, which directly enables the RX 7600S's pixel rate of 140.8 GPixel/s versus the RX 560X's 20.40 GPixel/s. Texture rate jumps from 81.60 GTexel/s to 246.4 GTexel/s.

Ray tracing is a major differentiator. The RX 7600S includes 28 dedicated ray tracing cores, a feature class that simply does not exist on the RX 560X. The RX 560X supports DirectX 12 (12_0), while the RX 7600S supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), which encompasses hardware ray tracing and other next-generation rendering features. Vulkan support also differs: the RX 560X lists Vulkan 1.3, and the RX 7600S lists Vulkan 1.4.

The FP32 compute figures reflect the raw throughput advantage of RDNA 3.0. The RX 560X delivers 2.611 TFLOPS of FP32, while the RX 7600S delivers 15.77 TFLOPS, a sixfold increase. In FP16, the RX 560X maintains a 1:1 ratio at 2.611 TFLOPS, whereas the RX 7600S achieves 31.54 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, exploiting shader-based FP16 acceleration for compatible workloads.

Specification Differences

The memory subsystem is one of the clearest differentiators. The RX 560X uses 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 112.0 GB/s of bandwidth at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective). The RX 7600S doubles capacity to 8 GB of GDDR6 on the same 128-bit bus, but bandwidth more than doubles to 256.0 GB/s thanks to 2000 MHz memory (16 Gbps effective). For modern games and compute workloads that are bandwidth-sensitive, this is a critical advantage.

Clock speeds also favor the RX 7600S, though the comparison is not apples-to-oranges. The RX 560X has a base clock of 1175 MHz and a boost of 1275 MHz, with no separate game clock listed. The RX 7600S has a base of 1500 MHz, a boost of 2200 MHz, and a game clock of 1865 MHz. The boost clock advantage of nearly a gigahertz, combined with the architectural efficiency of RDNA 3.0, compounds the performance gap.

The bus interface differs as well. The RX 560X connects via PCIe 3.0 x8, while the RX 7600S uses PCIe 4.0 x16. That quadruples the available bandwidth to the host system, which matters for data transfer in compute tasks and for systems with smaller VRAM footprints that rely on system memory fallback.

Physical specifications diverge sharply. The RX 560X is a dual-slot card measuring 170 mm (6.7 inches) in length, with no power connectors and a suggested power supply of 250 W. The RX 7600S is an integrated graphics package (IGP) with no listed dimensions and no power connectors, making it suitable for thin-and-light laptops. The RX 560X offers 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, and 1x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, while the RX 7600S's display outputs are marked as portable device dependent.

Production status and release timing also differ. The RX 560X is end-of-life, released on April 10, 2018, with Polaris as its predecessor and Vega as its successor. The RX 7600S is active, released on January 3, 2023, with Polaris Mobile as its predecessor and no successor listed. The process node, foundry, die size, transistor count, and transistor density all differ as documented in the architecture section above.

The Verdict

The data points to one conclusion: the AMD Radeon RX 7600S is the superior GPU for any workload captured in the shared benchmarks. Its 75% lead in OpenCL and 72.6% lead in Vulkan are not close calls. The RX 7600S also brings modern features that the RX 560X lacks entirely, including 28 ray tracing cores, DirectX 12 Ultimate support, and Vulkan 1.4.

The RX 560X is not without merit in context. Its average benchmark score of 18,626 is higher than the RX 7600S's 16,696, and it sits at the 62nd percentile versus the RX 7600S's 60th. It also matches the RX 7600S in TDP at 75 W, which is notable for a card from 2018. However, those average scores are computed over different test sets, and in the only tests both cards share, the RX 560X loses by margins that no architectural argument can overcome.

For buyers considering the RX 560X today, the production status is a warning sign. It is end-of-life, while the RX 7600S is active. The RX 7600S also has double the VRAM (8 GB versus 4 GB) and more than double the memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s versus 112.0 GB/s), which directly impacts sustained performance in modern titles and larger datasets.

The RX 7600S is the pick for anyone who needs compute throughput, modern API support, or ray tracing capability. The RX 560X is only defensible in legacy systems where its specific form factor, 170 mm length, or PCIe 3.0 x8 interface is a hard requirement.

Where Each One Wins

The RX 7600S wins in every measured head-to-head scenario. In OpenCL compute, its 68,012 score dwarfs the RX 560X's 17,020. In Vulkan compute, its 73,868 score more than triples the RX 560X's 20,231. Any workload that leverages these APIs, whether machine learning inference, rendering, or modern game engines, will favor the RX 7600S decisively.

The RX 7600S also wins on memory capacity and bandwidth, with 8 GB of GDDR6 at 256.0 GB/s. This matters for higher-resolution textures, larger compute buffers, and any task that exceeds the RX 560X's 4 GB GDDR5 frame buffer at 112.0 GB/s. The RX 7600S's higher pixel rate (140.8 GPixel/s versus 20.40 GPixel/s) and texture rate (246.4 GTexel/s versus 81.60 GTexel/s) give it a clear edge in fill-rate-bound scenarios.

The RX 7600S is the only one of the two with ray tracing cores, making it the sole option for hardware-accelerated ray tracing workloads. Its DirectX 12 Ultimate support and Vulkan 1.4 also future-proof it against newer software that targets those API levels.

The RX 560X has no benchmark wins in the database, so its advantages are purely contextual. It matches the RX 7600S at 75 W TDP, making it an efficient option for its era. Its 170 mm length and dual-slot design fit compact desktops. Its PCIe 3.0 x8 interface is compatible with older motherboards. Its 1x DVI output is useful for legacy monitors that lack HDMI or DisplayPort inputs. For a system built around those constraints, the RX 560X remains serviceable, but it cannot match the RX 7600S in any recorded performance metric.