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Radeon RX Vega 56

AMD

Radeon RX Vega 56

8192 Mb HBM2 Released 8 Aug 2017 DESKTOP
Radeon RX Vega 56

Core configuration

GPUVega 10
Architecture105
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs3584 : 224 : 64
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance10544.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width2048 bit
Memory Speed800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth409.60 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 56 Radeon RX Vega 56 GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB Compare Radeon RX 6600 Radeon RX 6600 Compare GeForce RTX 2060 Super GeForce RTX 2060 Super Compare GeForce RTX 2060 GeForce RTX 2060 Compare
Shader units 3584 2560 1792 2176 1920
ROPs 64 48 64 64 48
Graphics processor Vega 10 GA106 Navi 23 TU106 TU106
Process size 14 nm 8 nm 7 nm 12 nm 12 nm
Memory 8192 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 width 2048 bit 128 bit 128 bit 256 bit 192 bit
Memory bandwidth 409.60 Gb/s 224.00 Gb/s 224.00 Gb/s 448.00 Gb/s 336.00 Gb/s
Release date 8 Aug 2017 4 Jan 2022 13 Oct 2021 9 Jul 2019 15 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)