Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Radeon RX 560
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 RX 560 |
| 135 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 56 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX Vega 56
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon RX 560 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) | vs | Baffin (Baffin XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 3,000 million |
| Shaders | 3584 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 56 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1156 MHz | vs | 1090 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon RX 560 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon RX 560 | |
|---|
| TDP | 210 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Aug 2017 | vs | 1 Apr 2017 |
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
Radeon RX 560
19.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
Radeon RX 560
76.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
Radeon RX 560
112.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 560
2457.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better