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RX Vega 56

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Release date: Q3 2017.

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Average Bench: 110% (21st of 613)

Based on 19,195 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: 72%Average: 110% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The AMD RX Vega 56 averaged 10.1% 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) 287fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 319fps

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX Vega 56 is 54.1%. 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) 181fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,195 samples)
Rank 21110%
Min Avg Max
180 Lighting 287 348
191 Reflection 225 241
197 Parallax 470 571
109% 327 fps
Min Avg Max
171 MRender 181 191
198 Gravity 319 368
197 Splatting 281 303
111% 261 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1640 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.1
122% Outstanding
Lighting 321
Reflection 234
Parallax 530
123% 362 fps
MRender 187
Gravity 367
Splatting 297
122% 284 fps
Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1
121% Outstanding
Lighting 304
Reflection 230
Parallax 571
124% 368 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 361
Splatting 288
119% 277 fps
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 935 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1
119% Outstanding
Lighting 331
Reflection 216
Parallax 494
120% 347 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 360
Splatting 288
119% 276 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1647 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2
116% Outstanding
Lighting 316
Reflection 238
Parallax 481
116% 345 fps
MRender 189
Gravity 333
Splatting 299
116% 274 fps
19,195 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 9 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 160 fps Fortnite: 125 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 100 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 85 fps League of Legends: 177 fps Overwatch: 130 fps Battlefield 1: 110 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 90 fps World of Tanks: 122 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,046,372 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 19,195 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $400 @ launch in Aug '17)
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Sapphire(1DA2 E376) 23% 111% ± 15%
Sapphire RX Vega 56 8GB Pulse
11276-02-40G
AmazonUS $30027 mins
EbayUS $35430 mins
MSI(1462 3681) 22% 108% ± 15%
MSI RX Vega 56 8GB Gaming Air Boost
RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC
EbayUS $29934 mins
AmazonUS $31628 mins
Asus(1043 0555) 19% 113% ± 14%
PowerColor(148C 2388) 12% 113% ± 11%
Gigabyte(1458 230C) 8% 110% ± 13%
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB OC
GV-RXVEGA56GAMING OC-8GD
AmazonUS $27228 mins
EbayUS $30033 mins
NeweggUS $30011 hrs
ASRock(1849 1001) 6% 109% ± 10%
AMD(1002 0B36) 4% 101% ± 15%
AMD(1002 6B76) 4% 109% ± 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% 117% ± 4%
XFX(1682 9C30) 1% 90% ± 24%
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Desktop 83%
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Workstation 78%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $110

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $139Bench 88%, 130,460 samples5,039x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $175Bench 93%, 68,459 samples2,493x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $280Bench 100%, 117,943 samples1,554x
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RX Vega 56AMD  $272Bench 110%, 19,195 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $78Bench 106%, 126,406 samples1,051x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $79Bench 231%, 62,124 samples515x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $60Bench 109%, 38,168 samples470x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 87%, 184,619 samples1,600x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $86Bench 93%, 57,536 samples626x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $74Bench 87%, 26,183 samples586x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 142% - Outstanding Total price: $689

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 Comments

GPUPro
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948

Official site gaming.radeon.com/...

Added 19 months ago.
USA-User
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5,200

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 days ago.

Price/performance

DEU-User
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3,395

Excellent

2 days ago.

yes

HKG-User
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3,354

Excellent

25 days ago.

Free sync monitor from AGON (gaming 144hz

GBR-User
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3,338

Excellent

1 day ago.

cheap and best preformance for price

RUS-User
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3,234

Excellent

3 days ago.

Best value. Very balanced because of memory.

CAN-User
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2,844

Excellent

1 day ago.

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

BRA-User
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2,723

Excellent

23 days ago.

Its a good gpu

IDN-User
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2,517

Excellent

1 month ago.

have better texture detail

IND-User
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2,392

Good

6 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
Avatar level
2,264

Excellent

27 days ago.

Work amazing in the mac pro

CZE-User
Avatar level
2,026

Average

1 month ago.

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

GRC-User
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1,899

Excellent

8 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
Avatar level
1,672

Good

1 month ago.

Better then RTX 2060 for 30 euros more

PRT-User
Avatar level
1,620

Good

13 days ago.

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

PAK-User
Avatar level
1,608

Excellent

2 months ago.

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

HRV-User
Avatar level
1,488

Excellent

5 months ago.

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GPUPro
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948

Good

19 months ago.

LKA-User
Avatar level
884

Excellent

9 months ago.

Undervolt and get the best out of it!

HND-User
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564

Excellent

23 days ago.

Very fast card, good price.

webmetalreese
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12

Excellent

2 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

18 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

3 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

3 days ago.

Currently a decent bang for your buck

ryleyw94
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2

Excellent

8 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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