AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Radeon Pro Vega 56 sales 14 December 2017 at a recommended price of $399. This is Vega architecture desktop card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of HBM2 memory clocked at 786 GHz are supplied, and together with 2048 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 402.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated video card. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 210 Watt.

General info

Of Radeon Pro Vega 56's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	103
Value for money	3.77
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Vega
Market segment	Workstation
Release date	14 December 2017 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Price now	$4999 (12.5x MSRP)	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

Radeon Pro Vega 56's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon Pro Vega 56's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	of 18432 (AD102)
Core clock speed	1247 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	12,500 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	210 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	280.0	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)
Floating-point performance	9,677 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon Pro Vega 56's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Width	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon Pro Vega 56: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	786 MHz	of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090)
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon Pro Vega 56. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+

API support

APIs supported by Radeon Pro Vega 56, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.125

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon Pro Vega 56. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Radeon Pro Vega 56 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

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

Full HD	98
4K	51

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Battlefield 5	40−45
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Battlefield 5	40−45
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Metro Exodus	40−45
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	116
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Battlefield 5	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	64
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Metro Exodus	40−45
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Battlefield 5	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Metro Exodus	40−45
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	42

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Battlefield 5	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon Pro Vega 56 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.

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