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Average Bench: 84.7% (30th of 621)

Based on 31,704 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: 68%Average: 84.7% Great: 97%

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Very good average bench

The AMD RX Vega-56 averaged just 15.2% lower 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) 295fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 323fps

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX Vega-56 is 28.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD RX Vega-56 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 227fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 182fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 31,704 samples)
Rank 3084.7%
Min Avg Max
224 Lighting 295 350
208 Reflection 227 239
399 Parallax 483 575
84.8% 335 fps
Min Avg Max
170 MRender 182 192
276 Gravity 323 371
259 Splatting 284 302
84.6% 263 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(1DA2 E376)
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.2
86.1% Excellent
Lighting 297
Reflection 234
Parallax 508
86% 346 fps
MRender 186
Gravity 325
Splatting 293
86% 268 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2
83.1% Excellent
Lighting 294
Reflection 232
Parallax 453
83% 326 fps
MRender 180
Gravity 312
Splatting 289
83% 260 fps
ASRock(1849 1001) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2
82.7% Excellent
Lighting 289
Reflection 231
Parallax 484
83% 334 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 304
Splatting 286
82% 257 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 11 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 157 fps Fortnite: 122 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 91 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 76 fps League of Legends: 186 fps Overwatch: 125 fps Battlefield 1: 101 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 86 fps Minecraft: 170 fps World of Warcraft: 80 fps World of Tanks: 129 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,237,989 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 31,704 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $400 @ launch in Aug '17)
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Sapphire(1DA2 E376) 29% 86% ± 8%
Sapphire RX Vega 56 8GB Pulse
11276-02-40G
AmazonUS $47910 mins
EbayUS $49613 mins
MSI(1462 3681) 20% 82% ± 9%
MSI RX Vega 56 8GB Gaming Air Boost
RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC
AmazonUS $34010 mins
EbayUS $39616 mins
Asus(1043 0555) 18% 86% ± 9%
Gigabyte(1458 230C) 12% 85% ± 9%
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB OC
GV-RXVEGA56GAMING OC-8GD
EbayUS $30915 mins
AmazonUS $32010 mins
PowerColor(148C 2388) 8% 87% ± 5%
ASRock(1849 1001) 4% 82% ± 6%
AMD(1002 0B36) 4% 82% ± 5%
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) 2% 88% ± 3%
XFX(1682 9C30) 1% 75% ± 16%
AMD(1002 6B76) 1% 77% ± 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
PwrHis(1787 AC30) 0% 55% ± 0%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $115

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 75%, 210,405 samples8,203x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $149Bench 78%, 108,565 samples4,097x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $198Bench 82%, 151,967 samples2,702x
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RX Vega-56AMD  $309Bench 85%, 31,704 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 107%, 181,967 samples1,837x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $64Bench 108%, 57,846 samples826x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $54Bench 104%, 85,451 samples711x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 212,548 samples3,064x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $83Bench 87%, 132,341 samples1,584x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $73Bench 88%, 71,773 samples1,108x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $699

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 Comments

GPUPro
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973

Official site gaming.radeon.com/...

Added 24 months ago.
USA-User
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5,580

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

own it in a water cooled buld its pretty cool

DEU-User
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3,623

Excellent

2 days ago.

Best Budget Gpu

HKG-User
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3,560

Excellent

4 months ago.

Free sync monitor from AGON (gaming 144hz

RUS-User
Avatar level
3,422

Good

13 days ago.

Best value. Very balanced because of memory.

CAN-User
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3,044

Excellent

20 days ago.

excellent value

BRA-User
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2,941

Excellent

20 days ago.

a great card for the money, it´s awesome with AMD new drivers!

IDN-User
Avatar level
2,781

Excellent

25 days ago.

The best

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,627

Excellent

27 days 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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2,608

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

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,178

Good

10 hrs ago.

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

CZE-User
Avatar level
2,168

Excellent

9 days ago.

It is pretty much the go-to card for under 300€. What's nice is that it also gives you compute performance.

GRC-User
Avatar level
2,013

Good

15 hrs 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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1,792

Good

2 months ago.

Better then RTX 2060 for 30 euros more

PAK-User
Avatar level
1,764

Excellent

6 months ago.

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

AUT-User
Avatar level
1,737

Excellent

23 days ago.

Good for its price. But not a very fast GPU anymore.

PRT-User
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1,718

Good

4 months ago.

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

ZAF-User
Avatar level
1,638

Excellent

12 hrs ago.

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

HRV-User
Avatar level
1,592

Excellent

25 days ago.

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

DNK-User
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1,506

Excellent

28 days ago.

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

ISR-User
Avatar level
1,500

Excellent

3 months ago.

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

GEO-User
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1,044

Excellent

19 days ago.

best card buy it :(

GPUPro
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973

Good

24 months ago.

LKA-User
Avatar level
956

Excellent

13 months ago.

Undervolt and get the best out of it!

PRY-User
Avatar level
470

Excellent

21 days ago.

i have this card and it still runs all the games just great! i would recommend the RX 5700 series for modern, more intensive gaming instead, as a late buy it's still good!

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
226

Excellent

3 months ago.

AMAZING value, good for a lot of purpose's

webmetalreese
Avatar level
12

Excellent

6 months ago.

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

pyroharo
Avatar level
10

Good

4 months ago.

Currently a decent bang for your buck

iljalein
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10

Excellent

26 days ago.

So much potential with a 64 BIOS

SoManyBees
Avatar level
6

Excellent

22 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

8 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.

ryleyw94
Avatar level
2

Excellent

12 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

3 months ago.

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

Khristian
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 months ago.

A bit too loud, but otherwise a good card

Jard64
Avatar level
2

Excellent

1 month ago.

Newegg's stuff should be on here, cause the $270 ASRock Vega 56 is amazing for the price.

Venryx
Avatar level
2

Good

1 month ago.

Best bang-for-your-buck GPU at the time of writing (August, 2019). The RX 5700 and 5700 XT cards are good options as well, but the Vega 56 outdoes them in value-ratio by a bit, and it's good enough for my purposes. To compare those two more directly, the 5700 XT is 34% faster for 60% higher ($250- $400) cost: https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-RX-Vega-56-vs-AMD-RX-5700-XT/3938vs4045 Nvidia has some good offering in the 2070 Super and such, but I prefer AMD because they work with all FreeSync monitors, which are substantially cheaper than the Nvidia GSync compatible ones. (Yes, I know Nvidia GPUs support a handful of FreeSync monitors now, but that list so far only includes some of the overpriced/fancier monitor models.)

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