Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Summary
Radeon RX Vega 56
130%
Radeon R9 295X2
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| 30% higher gaming performance. |
| 290 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 295X2 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) | vs | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 3584 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 56 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1156 MHz | vs | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 210 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Aug 2017 | vs | 29 Apr 2014 |
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
Radeon R9 295X2
130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 295X2
358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
Radeon R9 295X2
640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 295X2
11466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 56
122
Radeon R9 295X2
124
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
90
Radeon R9 295X2
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 56
81
Radeon R9 295X2
103
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
67
Radeon R9 295X2
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX Vega 56
43
Radeon R9 295X2
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX Vega 56
39
Radeon R9 295X2
23
FPS (higher is better)