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Release date: Q3 2017.

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Average Bench: 111% (27th of 620)

Based on 27,443 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 687F 56 Models: Radeon RX Vega, Radeon(TM) RX Vega

The Radeon RX Vega 56 is the weakest member of AMD's Vega GPU family. The Vega architecture is built on 14 nm silicon and contains next-generation compute units (nCUs). Each NCU houses 64 steam processors, of which the Vega 56 has 3584 vs. 4096 in the Vega 64. The new architecture employs 8GB of second generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM2) which is able cope with more data, more quickly than previously. Although the Vega 56 has 12.5% less processing units, users have found that by flashing an RX 64 Bios into an RX 56 card allows a 10% increase in OC headroom which effectively brings a BIOS flashed RX 56 onto par with a stock RX 64 and just 12.5% slower than a fully overclocked RX 64. This would be great news if the RX 56 were available at its MSRP of $399 as it would then be both cheaper and faster than a GTX 1070, but current market prices for the RX Vega 56 are closer to $550. The GPU market is still unbalanced (AMD GPUs in particular) as a result of the ongoing Ethereum mining frenzy which has depleted global GPU inventory to the lowest levels in recent memory. [Oct '17 GPUPro]

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Poor: 87%Average: 111% Great: 127%

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Outstanding average bench

The AMD RX Vega 56 averaged 11.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD RX Vega 56 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 288fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 322fps

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX Vega 56 is 40%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the AMD RX Vega 56 performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 226fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 181fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 27,443 samples)
Rank 27111%
Min Avg Max
177 Lighting 288 354
200 Reflection 226 240
373 Parallax 482 578
111% 332 fps
Min Avg Max
168 MRender 181 192
275 Gravity 322 375
247 Splatting 282 304
111% 262 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(1DA2 E376)
CLim: 1687 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.2
126% Outstanding
Lighting 348
Reflection 238
Parallax 539
129% 375 fps
MRender 193
Gravity 374
Splatting 304
124% 290 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.2
114% Outstanding
Lighting 305
Reflection 234
Parallax 499
116% 346 fps
MRender 186
Gravity 320
Splatting 291
113% 266 fps
Sapphire(1DA2 E376)
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.16
110% Outstanding
Lighting 294
Reflection 234
Parallax 452
109% 326 fps
MRender 185
Gravity 313
Splatting 288
111% 262 fps
Sapphire(1DA2 E376)
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.2
99.2% Outstanding
Lighting 206
Reflection 217
Parallax 428
88% 284 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 299
Splatting 280
107% 253 fps
27,443 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 10 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 157 fps Fortnite: 121 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 98 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 77 fps League of Legends: 188 fps Overwatch: 128 fps Battlefield 1: 110 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 92 fps World of Warcraft: 79 fps World of Tanks: 127 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 18,443,222 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 27,443 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $400 @ launch in Aug '17)
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Sapphire(1DA2 E376) 28% 113% ± 12%
Sapphire RX Vega 56 8GB Pulse
11276-02-40G
AmazonUS $31022 mins
EbayUS $36425 mins
MSI(1462 3681) 22% 107% ± 11%
MSI RX Vega 56 8GB Gaming Air Boost
RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC
EbayUS $40029 mins
AmazonUS $45022 mins
PowerColor(148C 2388) 15% 113% ± 14%
Asus(1043 0555) 11% 114% ± 11%
Gigabyte(1458 230C) 11% 114% ± 10%
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB OC
GV-RXVEGA56GAMING OC-8GD
AmazonUS $28022 mins
EbayUS $28029 mins
AMD(1002 0B36) 4% 104% ± 23%
AMD(1002 6B76) 3% 111% ± 7%
Sapphire RX Vega 56 8GB
21276-00-20G
XFX RX Vega 56 8GB
RX-VEGMLBFX6
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB
GV-RXVEGA56-8GD-B
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) 3% 116% ± 12%
ASRock(1849 1001) 3% 106% ± 5%
XFX(1682 9C30) 1% 106% ± 5%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $115

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $127Bench 88%, 170,090 samples6,679x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $149Bench 93%, 88,418 samples3,361x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $252Bench 99%, 144,319 samples2,128x
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RX Vega 56AMD  $280Bench 111%, 27,443 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $70Bench 107%, 160,974 samples1,410x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $58Bench 110%, 46,998 samples638x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $53Bench 104%, 78,328 samples585x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 87%, 230,653 samples2,301x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 89%, 103,115 samples1,026x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 89%, 63,653 samples830x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 149% - Outstanding Total price: $662

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 Comments

GPUPro
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968

Official site gaming.radeon.com/...

Added 21 months ago.
USA-User
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5,390

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

48 mins ago.

DEU-User
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3,495

Excellent

1 day ago.

loud but strong card.

HKG-User
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3,464

Excellent

2 months ago.

Free sync monitor from AGON (gaming 144hz

GBR-User
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3,460

Excellent

6 days ago.

amazing value

RUS-User
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3,330

Good

1 day ago.

Best value. Very balanced because of memory.

CAN-User
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2,952

Good

28 days ago.

Upgraded from a 750 Ti and man just a superior card!!!

ITA-User
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2,539

Good

18 hrs ago.

Goes head to head with GTX1080 and RTX2060. Slightly surpasses them if undervolted and overclcoked. Almost forgot it costs at least 100€ less. Love it!

IND-User
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2,492

Good

5 days ago.

good gpu for its price and is as just good as any 1070 gtx which has atleast $100 more in price

CZE-User
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2,094

Excellent

2 days ago.

meh for the price of 279$ 1070 ti is still better

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,080

Terrible

12 days ago.

I got it for 250 EUR and it was the best deal of my life.

GRC-User
Avatar level
1,943

Excellent

1 month ago.

Got it for 249€ (half the original price) , works like a charm and packs a real punch (equivalent with Nvidia is 1070 ti)

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,722

Excellent

8 hrs ago.

Better then RTX 2060 for 30 euros more

PAK-User
Avatar level
1,672

Excellent

3 months ago.

as i have been using it for a year and i think it is way better

PRT-User
Avatar level
1,672

Good

2 months ago.

much cheaper than 1070 and better performance at everything other than CSGO

ZAF-User
Avatar level
1,564

Excellent

27 days ago.

It is trully a good graphics card. 100x better then the scam geforce gtx series

HRV-User
Avatar level
1,556

Excellent

7 months ago.

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!! FCK TITAN KILLER!!! AGAIN! R9 290X first TITAN Z KILLER,FURY X THEN DESTROY TITAN XP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ISR-User
Avatar level
1,454

Excellent

1 month ago.

Has best value for its cost and its effectiveness is quite high (High End GPU).

DNK-User
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1,450

Excellent

1 day ago.

Got it not too long ago for 1440p gaming, runs everything on ultra/very high with 16GB DRR3 and i5 4670k @4,6Ghz

GPUPro
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968

Good

21 months ago.

LKA-User
Avatar level
918

Excellent

11 months ago.

Undervolt and get the best out of it!

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
218

Excellent

1 month ago.

AMAZING value, good for a lot of purpose's

webmetalreese
Avatar level
12

Excellent

4 months ago.

I have a small company called powercolor. Regardless of what I throw at it the temps stay very very cool.

SoManyBees
Avatar level
6

Excellent

20 months ago.

Full disclosure, my Vega 64 is a Vega 56 running the Vega 64 BIOS. After flashing I feel as though I got a much better GPU than AMD intended. With the voltage bump on the HBM2 I can stay super stable at 1020mhz and with some substantial undervolting my Vega 56 performs above Vega 64 stock speeds and trades blows with the GTX 1080 in some games. The reference design is very robust overclocks nicely (albeit loudly). A desperately needed entry in AMDs line-up for those of us with Freesync monitors.

WildFox395
Avatar level
6

Good

5 months ago.

Great card for the price. Got it open box at micro Center for 330. Preforms well, I haven't flashed the 64 BIOS or undervolted it yet but I likely will in the future. This wasn't the game changer that many wanted it to be though.

pyroharo
Avatar level
4

Good

1 month ago.

Currently a decent bang for your buck

ryleyw94
Avatar level
2

Excellent

10 months ago.

Love this card, I have the Strix version and its rock solid at 1100mv 1652mhz with memory at 920mhz. My benchmarks place it right next to a 3rd party GTX1080. I upgraded from 2 RX580s in Crossfire.

s34m0nst3r
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2

Excellent

1 month ago.

This thing is a GD mule, it pulls it's weight at 2k and doesn't even cry.

Khristian
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2

Excellent

1 month ago.

A bit too loud, but otherwise a good card

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