AMD Radeon RX Vega 56: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Radeon RX Vega 56 sales 14 August 2017 at a recommended price of $399. This is Vega architecture desktop card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of HBM2 memory clocked at 800 GHz are supplied, and together with 409.6 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 409.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 210 Watt.

General info

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

Place in performance rating	89
Value for money	12.97
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Vega
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	14 August 2017 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Price now	$1587 (4x MSRP)	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

Radeon RX 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 RX 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	1138 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1474 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	329.5	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)
Floating-point performance	10,566 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon RX 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	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 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	409.6 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti)
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 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 RX 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 RX 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.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon RX Vega 56. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)

28.5 Mh/s

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Radeon RX 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	115
1440p	77
4K	49

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	77
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	151
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	98
Far Cry New Dawn	96
Forza Horizon 4	141
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	105
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	140
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	93
Far Cry New Dawn	93
Forza Horizon 4	134
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	70
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	91
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	124
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	131
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	89
Far Cry New Dawn	84
Forza Horizon 4	109
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	74
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	42
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	58

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	44
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	99
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	74
Far Cry New Dawn	74
Forza Horizon 4	88
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	27
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	31
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	55
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	39
Far Cry New Dawn	42
Forza Horizon 4	59
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon RX Vega 56 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

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