Radeon Pro Duo Polaris vs RX Vega 56
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 200 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 18.17 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 11.40 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 14 August 2017 (8 years ago) | 24 April 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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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 | 3584 | 2304 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 1156 MHz | 1243 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1471 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 329.5 | 179.0 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.54 TFLOPS | 5.728 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 224 | 144 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
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 | 267 mm | 305 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 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 | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 August 2017 | 24 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | 250 Watt |
RX Vega 56 has an age advantage of 3 months, and 19% lower power consumption.
Pro Duo Polaris, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 56 and Radeon Pro Duo Polaris. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 56 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro Duo Polaris is a workstation one.
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