Radeon RX Vega 56 Overview

Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory: 8192Mb HBM2DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56

Core Configuration

GPU Vega 10
Architecture 105
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 3584 : 224 : 64
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 10544.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width 2048 bit
Memory Speed 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 409.60 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    438%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    392%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    372%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    350%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    314%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    309%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    298%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    278%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    277%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    259%
  • GeForce RTX 4070
    259%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    258%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    251%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    239%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    229%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    216%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    202%
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    199%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    187%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    184%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    167%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    166%
  • Radeon RX 7600
    163%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    157%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    150%
  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    149%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    139%
  • Radeon VII
    138%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    136%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    136%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    133%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    130%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    125%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    125%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    116%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    113%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    113%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    107%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    105%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    103%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    99%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    98%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    98%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    82%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    80%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    79%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    78%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    74%
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    74%
  • Radeon RX 590
    74%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    70%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    70%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    69%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    69%
  • Radeon RX 580
    67%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    63%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    62%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    62%
  • Radeon RX 480
    61%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    60%
  • Radeon RX 570
    60%
  • Radeon RX 470
    55%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    52%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    50%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    50%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    41%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    36%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon RX Vega 56 is a graphics card released by AMD on 8 Aug 2017. The graphics card houses the Vega 10 die, based on the 105 architecture which packs 12,500 million transistors on a 14 nm, 484 mm2 die.

Radeon RX Vega 56 pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon RX Vega 56GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX 6600GeForce RTX 2060 SuperGeForce RTX 2060
Radeon RX Vega 56GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX 6600GeForce RTX 2060 SuperGeForce RTX 2060
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Shader units35842560179221761920
ROPs6448646448
Graphics processorVega 10GA106Navi 23TU106TU106
Process size14 nm8 nm7 nm12 nm12 nm
Memory8192 Mb HBM2 (800 MHz
1600 MHz effective)
8192 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective)
8192 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective)
8192 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)
6144 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width2048 bit128 bit128 bit256 bit192 bit
Memory bandwidth409.60 Gb/s224.00 Gb/s224.00 Gb/s448.00 Gb/s336.00 Gb/s
Release date8 Aug 20174 Jan 202213 Oct 20219 Jul 201915 Jan 2019

Benchmarks

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6600
    148
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    145
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    139
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    123

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    99
  • Radeon RX 6600
    96
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    88
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    80

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    57
  • Radeon RX 6600
    48
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    48
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6600
    69
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    57
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    56
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6600
    50
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    45
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    43
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6600
    27
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    27
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    26
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6600
    105
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    105
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    90
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    86
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    81

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    71
  • Radeon RX 6600
    68
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    60
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    57
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    37
  • Radeon RX 6600
    33
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    31
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    29
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    28

FPS (higher is better)