Radeon RX Vega 2 vs RX Vega 56

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	203	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.26	no data
Power efficiency	11.44	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	14 August 2017 (8 years ago)	7 January 2018 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	128
Core clock speed	1156 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1471 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	329.5	no data
Floating-point processing power	10.54 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	224	no data
L1 Cache	896 KB	no data
L2 Cache	4 MB	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	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	no data
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	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.1.125	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 August 2017	7 January 2018
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	15 Watt