Sapphire RX 560s now have a separate 896 SP SKU part number (11267-18) but still branded the 'Pulse Radeon RX 560,' while ASUS has a 'RX 560 EVO OC' 896 SP part. And in fact they appear to be doing so right now, not only in an OEM context via a currently shipping PC as noted by, but also cards from AIB partners. The consequence of this change is that AMD and its partners can now market and ship lower-performing graphics products labelled under the same 'RX 560' branding. (Revised) AMD Radeon RX 560 Specification Comparison The page does not note any change and still lists 4/18/17 as the full launch date, so short of knowing what to look for, the lowered specifications are practically a footnote. As discovered by, sometime within the past few months the Radeon RX 560 product page on AMD's website was silently changed to include the lowered 14 CU specifications, with July still listing '16 CUs' only. However as it turns out, at some point recently in the past, AMD has also approved selling 14 CU parts as standard RX 560 cards. July (top) vs Current (bottom) RX 560 GPU Specifications on AMD.com And while the logistics of chip binning meant that AMD never stopped producing 14 CU GPUs, once AMD did opt to sell a 14 CU part under RX 500 series lineup, it was introduced as the regionally-limited RX 560D. By contrast, AMD never shipped a fully enabled Polaris 11 part under the 400 series (excluding the Macbook Pro specific Radeon Pro 460), so the RX 560 was a notable step up from the 14 CU Radeon RX 460. With the RX 500 series Polaris family refresh, AMD based the Radeon RX 560 on a fully enabled Polaris 11 GPU, meaning all 16 of its CUs were active. The net effect of this change is that it allows Radeon RX 460-level products to be sold as Radeon RX 560 cards. Spotted yesterday by, AMD has silently lowered the specifications of the Radeon RX 560 to encompass parts with 14 CUs (896 Stream Processors), allowing them to be sold alongside standard 16 CU (1024 SP) parts.

Flashing rx 460 to rx 560