Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Quadro RTX 4000

Place in the ranking	109	151
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	36.22	24.49
Power efficiency	17.03	11.19
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	TU104	Vega 10
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	13 November 2018 (6 years ago)	14 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4000 has 48% better value for money than RX Vega 56.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	3584
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	1156 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1471 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	210 Watt
Texture fill rate	222.5	329.5
Floating-point processing power	7.119 TFLOPS	10.54 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	144	224
Tensor Cores	288	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	36	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	416.0 GB/s	409.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.125
CUDA	7.5	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 4000 39.72
+15.9%

RX Vega 56 34.26

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 4000 15302
+16%

RX Vega 56 13197

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	130−140 +14%	114 −14%
1440p	90−95 +15.4%	78 −15.4%
4K	50−55 +11.1%	45 −11.1%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	6.92	3.50
1440p	9.99	5.12
4K	17.98	8.87

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	77 +0%	77 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Battlefield 5	164 +0%	164 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry 5	115 +0%	115 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	114 +0%	114 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	293 +0%	293 +0%
Hitman 3	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	184 +0%	184 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	134 +0%	134 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Battlefield 5	153 +0%	153 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry 5	92 +0%	92 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	88 +0%	88 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	272 +0%	272 +0%
Hitman 3	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	119 +0%	119 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52 +0%	52 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry 5	69 +0%	69 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	109 +0%	109 +0%
Hitman 3	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	74 +0%	74 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

80−85

+0%

80−85

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	98 +0%	98 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	60 +0%	60 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	44 +0%	44 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry 5	46 +0%	46 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	268 +0%	268 +0%
Hitman 3	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	74 +0%	74 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	46 +0%	46 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	32 +0%	32 +0%
Hitman 3	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	46 +0%	46 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +0%	44 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27 +0%	27 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	23 +0%	23 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	59 +0%	59 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

+0%

30−33

+0%

This is how RTX 4000 and RX Vega 56 compete in popular games:

RTX 4000 is 14% faster in 1080p
RTX 4000 is 15% faster in 1440p
RTX 4000 is 11% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.72	34.26
Recency	13 November 2018	14 August 2017
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	210 Watt

RTX 4000 has a 15.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 31.3% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 56 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX Vega 56 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.