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RX Vega 56

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Release date: Q3 2017.

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Average Bench: 109% (17th of 599)

Based on 6,977 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: 71%Average: 109% Great: 124%

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Outstanding average bench

The AMD RX Vega 56 averaged 9.5% 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) 284fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 316fps

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX Vega 56 is 53.6%. 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) 225fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 180fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,977 samples)
Rank 17109%
Min Avg Max
148 Lighting 284 340
193 Reflection 225 241
200 Parallax 469 567
109% 326 fps
Min Avg Max
167 MRender 180 191
197 Gravity 316 370
200 Splatting 282 304
110% 259 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1810 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1
123% Outstanding
Lighting 330
Reflection 262
Parallax 527
124% 373 fps
MRender 206
Gravity 335
Splatting 329
122% 290 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1677 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1
118% Outstanding
Lighting 320
Reflection 239
Parallax 482
117% 347 fps
MRender 193
Gravity 343
Splatting 307
119% 281 fps
Device(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2
116% Outstanding
Lighting 324
Reflection 232
Parallax 498
120% 351 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 333
Splatting 288
114% 268 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 3 popular games:

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 101 fps Fortnite: 116 fps Overwatch: 128 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 13,882,656 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 6,977 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $400 @ launch in Aug '17)
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Device(1DA2 E376) 25% 114% ± 11%
MSI(1462 3681) 15% 109% ± 10%
MSI RX Vega 56 8GB Gaming Air Boost
RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC
AmazonUS $45033 mins
EbayUS $4505 mins
Asus(1043 0555) 14% 106% ± 22%
Gigabyte(1458 230C) 13% 109% ± 13%
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB OC
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EbayUS $4005 mins
AmazonUS $50033 mins
NeweggUS $5055 months
PowerColor(148C 2388) 9% 110% ± 16%
AMD(1002 0B36) 8% 104% ± 12%
AMD(1002 6B76) 5% 105% ± 17%
Sapphire RX Vega 56 8GB
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XFX RX Vega 56 8GB
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Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB
GV-RXVEGA56-8GD-B
Device(1DA2 E37F) 5% 109% ± 22%
XFX(1682 9C30) 3% 110% ± 6%
ASRock(1849 1001) 2% 110% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 AC30) 0% 120% ± 0%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING - $116

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $149Bench 81%, 127,726 samples6,781x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $158Bench 87%, 47,567 samples2,846x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $160Bench 85%, 79,589 samples2,821x
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RX Vega 56AMD  $400Bench 109%, 6,977 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $63Bench 105%, 350,190 samples1,885x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 111,914 samples1,366x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 114%, 291,972 samples1,241x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $115Bench 87%, 145,991 samples1,902x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $160Bench 90%, 45,212 samples1,004x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $125Bench 92%, 44,992 samples862x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $843

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 Comments

GPUPro
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Official site gaming.radeon.com/...

Added 15 months ago.
USA-User
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4,760

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

5 hrs ago.

Sapphire pulse - Quiet, and great value.

HKG-User
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3,084

Good

12 months ago.

Free sync monitor from AGON (gaming 144hz

DEU-User
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3,079

Excellent

1 day ago.

Radeon Software is better than Nvidias + its a bit cheaper in fps/dollar than Nvidia cards

GBR-User
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3,052

Excellent

1 day ago.

mine came without a monitor

RUS-User
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3,022

Terrible

3 days ago.

It's very good for the price that I've paid for it. Much better deal than other cards in the pricerange, considering how much cheaper FreeSync is. Open Source Linux drivers are also a huge plus, and this baby overclocks like a charm!

CAN-User
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2,608

Terrible

13 days ago.

trash

BRA-User
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2,487

Excellent

1 day ago.

Boa

IND-User
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2,220

Good

2 months ago.

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

AUS-User
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2,116

Good

5 days ago.

Best budget card with amazin performance

CZE-User
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1,918

Poor

7 days ago.

meh for the price 1070 ti is bettar111

NLD-User
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1,878

Good

3 days ago.

better

PAK-User
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1,438

Good

1 month ago.

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

HRV-User
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1,426

Excellent

29 days ago.

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GPUPro
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928

Good

15 months ago.

LKA-User
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820

Excellent

5 months ago.

Undervolt and get the best out of it!

SoManyBees
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6

Excellent

14 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.

ryleyw94
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2

Excellent

4 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.

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