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RX Vega 56

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Release date: Q3 2017.

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Average Bench: 109% (20th of 611)

Based on 11,908 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: 73%Average: 109% Great: 124%

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Outstanding average bench

The AMD RX Vega 56 averaged 9.4% 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) 283fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 315fps

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX Vega 56 is 51%. 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 11,908 samples)
Rank 20109%
Min Avg Max
174 Lighting 283 344
192 Reflection 226 242
200 Parallax 471 564
109% 327 fps
Min Avg Max
171 MRender 181 190
200 Gravity 315 368
199 Splatting 281 303
110% 259 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1702 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1
120% Outstanding
Lighting 320
Reflection 243
Parallax 531
123% 365 fps
MRender 192
Gravity 333
Splatting 306
118% 277 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1702 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.1
106% Outstanding
Lighting 272
Reflection 221
Parallax 336
91% 276 fps
MRender 189
Gravity 334
Splatting 298
116% 274 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.2
100% Outstanding
Lighting 266
Reflection 223
Parallax 409
98% 300 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 276
Splatting 273
102% 241 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1637 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.3
92% Outstanding
Lighting 220
Reflection 180
Parallax 349
82% 250 fps
MRender 150
Gravity 279
Splatting 276
99% 235 fps
11,908 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 7 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 174 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 102 fps Fortnite: 119 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 87 fps League of Legends: 173 fps Battlefield 1: 113 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 95 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,541,099 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 11,908 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $400 @ launch in Aug '17)
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MSI(1462 3681) 34% 107% ± 11%
MSI RX Vega 56 8GB Gaming Air Boost
RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC
AmazonUS $4207 mins
EbayUS $44012 mins
Device(1DA2 E376) 18% 110% ± 18%
PowerColor(148C 2388) 13% 113% ± 12%
Asus(1043 0555) 12% 113% ± 13%
Gigabyte(1458 230C) 7% 108% ± 16%
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB OC
GV-RXVEGA56GAMING OC-8GD
AmazonUS $3107 mins
NeweggUS $3108 hrs
EbayUS $42012 mins
AMD(1002 0B36) 5% 107% ± 12%
XFX(1682 9C30) 3% 103% ± 17%
AMD(1002 6B76) 3% 104% ± 17%
Sapphire RX Vega 56 8GB
21276-00-20G
XFX RX Vega 56 8GB
RX-VEGMLBFX6
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB
GV-RXVEGA56-8GD-B
Device(1DA2 E37F) 3% 116% ± 6%
ASRock(1849 1001) 1% 112% ± 6%
PwrHis(1787 AC30) 0% 108% ± 0%
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Desktop 131%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING - $138

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $290Bench 100%, 89,116 samples4,604x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $180Bench 93%, 50,682 samples2,557x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 88%, 97,187 samples2,138x
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RX Vega 56AMD  $310Bench 109%, 11,908 samples1x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $144Bench 269%, 74,663 samples977x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 231%, 61,094 samples780x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 108%, 92,083 samples672x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $105Bench 87%, 171,284 samples1,246x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $115Bench 92%, 48,254 samples801x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $140Bench 91%, 50,364 samples640x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 150% - Outstanding Total price: $987

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 Comments

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

Added 17 months ago.
USA-User
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4,994

Good (edit your comment) Add link

1 day ago.

Picked up for $370 Undervolt and Overclock and I can push it to 126% without flashing bios or doing anything serious. I would imagine 130% being fairly possible and at that point matches up with a GTX 1080.

DEU-User
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3,271

Excellent

1 day ago.

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

HKG-User
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3,246

Good

14 months ago.

Free sync monitor from AGON (gaming 144hz

GBR-User
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3,208

Excellent

2 days ago.

Great value nowadays.

RUS-User
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3,168

Excellent

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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2,718

Excellent

6 days ago.

AMD Always make great cards that offer good performance and more reasonable prices.

IDN-User
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2,415

Good

20 days ago.

have better texture detail

IND-User
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2,296

Good

4 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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2,174

Good

2 months ago.

Best budget card with amazin performance

CZE-User
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1,976

Excellent

24 days ago.

meh for the price 1070 ti is bettar111

GRC-User
Avatar level
1,835

Poor

4 days 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
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1,612

Excellent

2 days ago.

Better then RTX 2060 for 30 euros more

PRT-User
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1,580

Excellent

6 days ago.

Great

PAK-User
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1,546

Good

3 months ago.

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

HRV-User
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1,458

Excellent

2 months ago.

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GPUPro
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943

Good

17 months ago.

LKA-User
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858

Excellent

7 months ago.

Undervolt and get the best out of it!

SoManyBees
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6

Excellent

16 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

1 month 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.

webmetalreese
Avatar level
6

Excellent

13 days ago.

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

ryleyw94
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2

Excellent

6 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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