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Average Bench: 85.4% (30th of 630)

Based on 38,367 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). In terms of compatibility all of the games we tested were fine apart from GTAV where enabling reflection MSAA resulted in very poor, almost matt, reflection fidelity (the same bug appeared on several Navi and Vega cards). 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. All of this OC headroom is great on paper but in the real world the reference Vega 56 is far too noisy. Hair dryer levels of noise at stock clocks are unacceptable for most users. Provided you are partially deaf or happy to use noise canceling headphones the Vega 56 “can” deliver levels of performance that approach an RTX 2060 but prices need to drop below $200 before the Vega 56 is competitive. [Nov '19 GPUPro]

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Poor: 76%Average: 85.4% Great: 95%

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Very good average bench

The AMD RX Vega-56 averaged just 14.6% 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) 286fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 327fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX Vega-56 is just 19%. 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) 222fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 484fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 38,367 samples)
Rank 3085.4%
Min Avg Max
89.9 Lighting 286 351
196 Reflection 222 239
413 Parallax 484 574
75% 331 fps
Min Avg Max
174 MRender 183 192
289 Gravity 327 370
272 Splatting 289 304
86.3% 266 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1650 MHz, MLim: 925 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2
93.8% Outstanding
Lighting 325
Reflection 230
Parallax 577
85% 377 fps
MRender 185
Gravity 363
Splatting 290
95% 279 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2
93.4% Outstanding
Lighting 343
Reflection 230
Parallax 572
90% 382 fps
MRender 183
Gravity 361
Splatting 289
94% 278 fps
Sapphire(1DA2 E376)
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2
93.3% Outstanding
Lighting 338
Reflection 229
Parallax 520
89% 362 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 362
Splatting 288
94% 277 fps
Gigabyte(1458 230C)
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3
87.3% Excellent
Lighting 308
Reflection 231
Parallax 518
81% 352 fps
MRender 187
Gravity 333
Splatting 295
88% 272 fps
MSI(1462 3681)
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.3
73.5% Very good
Lighting 256
Reflection 204
Parallax 398
67% 286 fps
MRender 166
Gravity 278
Splatting 255
74% 233 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,623,590 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 38,367 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $400 @ launch in Aug '17)
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Sapphire(1DA2 E376) 21% 86% ± 5%
Sapphire RX Vega 56 8GB Pulse
11276-02-40G
AmazonUS $39518 days
MSI(1462 3681) 20% 83% ± 5%
MSI RX Vega 56 8GB Gaming Air Boost
RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC
AmazonUS $3981 min
EbayUS $5345 mins
Asus(1043 0555) 18% 89% ± 5%
PowerColor(148C 2388) 11% 87% ± 6%
AMD(1002 0B36) 8% 81% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 230C) 8% 87% ± 6%
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB OC
GV-RXVEGA56GAMING OC-8GD
ASRock(1849 1001) 8% 82% ± 5%
ASRock RX Vega 56 8GB Phantom Gaming X
90-GA0900-00UANF
AMD(1002 6B76) 4% 82% ± 4%
Sapphire RX Vega 56 8GB
21276-00-20G
AmazonUS $5251 min
XFX RX Vega 56 8GB
RX-VEGMLBFX6
Gigabyte RX Vega 56 8GB
GV-RXVEGA56-8GD-B
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) 1% 87% ± 6%
XFX(1682 9C30) 1% 83% ± 8%
PwrHis(1787 2388) 0% 85% ± 0%
Acer(1025 1051) 0% 97% ± 0%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $112

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $112Bench 75%, 307,342 samples10,350x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $137Bench 79%, 140,571 samples5,124x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $185Bench 88%, 115,320 samples4,121x
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RX Vega-56AMD  $395Bench 85%, 38,367 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $78Bench 107%, 237,869 samples2,464x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $64Bench 108%, 81,153 samples1,055x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 64%, 115,132 samples949x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 84%, 276,679 samples4,254x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 86%, 178,898 samples2,218x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 87%, 84,742 samples1,459x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $760

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 Comments

GPUPro
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989

Official site gaming.radeon.com/...

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
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6,106

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

12 days ago.

Pro gamers avoid AMD for a reason...

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,861

Excellent

3 days ago.

Unglaubliches uv und oc Potential. Komme auf 85-96%

HKG-User
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3,804

Excellent

8 months ago.

Free sync monitor from AGON (gaming 144hz

RUS-User
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3,600

Excellent

1 month ago.

Best value. Very balanced because of memory.

FRA-User
Avatar level
3,173

Good

12 days ago.

just perfect !

BRA-User
Avatar level
3,097

Excellent

9 days ago.

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

POL-User
Avatar level
3,042

Excellent

2 months ago.

2 year old card, bougth for low price and still pretty nasty

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,795

Excellent

4 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
Avatar level
2,792

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

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,286

Good

3 months ago.

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

CZE-User
Avatar level
2,274

Excellent

1 month ago.

It is pretty much the go-to card for around 200€. What's nice is that it also gives you compute performance.

GRC-User
Avatar level
2,111

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)

PAK-User
Avatar level
1,888

Excellent

29 days ago.

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

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,886

Excellent

1 month ago.

Better then RTX 2060 for 30 euros more

AUT-User
Avatar level
1,823

Good

1 month ago.

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

PRT-User
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1,792

Excellent

5 days ago.

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

ZAF-User
Avatar level
1,782

Average

23 days ago.

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

HRV-User
Avatar level
1,670

Excellent

1 month ago.

in 2019 the price has got as low as 200 dollars and that makes it a great performance for the price.

ISR-User
Avatar level
1,568

Excellent

7 months ago.

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

DNK-User
Avatar level
1,556

Excellent

4 months ago.

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

LKA-User
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1,012

Excellent

3 months ago.

Undervolt and get the best out of it!

GPUPro
Avatar level
989

Good

1 month ago.

PRY-User
Avatar level
532

Excellent

4 months 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
278

Excellent

7 months ago.

AMAZING value, good for a lot of purpose's

iljalein
Avatar level
22

Excellent

1 month ago.

So much potential with a 64 BIOS

webmetalreese
Avatar level
12

Excellent

10 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

8 months ago.

Currently a decent bang for your buck

larspassic
Avatar level
8

Excellent

3 months ago.

Powerful GPU with excellent value.

SoManyBees
Avatar level
6

Excellent

2 years 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

11 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.

fman1854
Avatar level
6

Excellent

3 months ago.

took a bit of tweaking and troubleshooting to get it to fully OC and undervolt but when you find your cards sweet spot this thing is a monster at 1440p gaming on ultra settings. stays cool and quiet with custom fan curves a good card for those who love tweaking every setting possible on a gpu not a good card for people who just want to plug and play.

Daddypleb420
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 days ago.

awesome card if you get a leveled die and custom cooler, otherwise don't bother.

ryleyw94
Avatar level
2

Excellent

16 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
Avatar level
2

Excellent

7 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

7 months ago.

A bit too loud, but otherwise a good card

Jard64
Avatar level
2

Excellent

5 months ago.

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

Venryx
Avatar level
2

Good

5 months 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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